Mom's Brown Stew

Ingredients

900 gr beef flank steak
950 ml boiling water
5 ml lemon juice
5 ml worcestershire sauce
1 clove garlic
1 onion
2 bay leaves
1 gr paprika
4 gr sugar
2 potatoes
6 carrots
230 gr onions
24 gr flour
120 ml water

Instructions

Coat a Dutch oven with nonstick cooking spray; brown meat. Add boiling water, lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce, garlic, onion, bay leaves, paprika, spice and sugar. Cover; simmer for 2 hours, adding more water if necessary. Cut potatoes in 5 cm chunks and carrots into 3 cm diagonal slices; peel onions. Add onions; cook 10 minutes. Add carrots; cook 10 minutes. Add potatoes; cook until tender. Remove meat and vegetables to heat proof casserole; keep hot in oven while thickening stew liquid with flour and water mixture. Bring to boil. Pour hot gravy over meat and vegetables. Yield 10 servings.