(Not Just The Regular)Beef Stew

Ingredients

2 lb beef tenderloin
1 flour for dredging
2 tb butter
2 tb oil
2 garlic
2 c dry wine
2 beef bouillon
2 cups boiling water
1 baking potatoes
1 onion
2 ts thyme
1 bay leaf
8 potatoes quartered
8 slices carrots
4 slices stalks celery
8 tiny onions
1 handful parsley

Instructions

Dredge meat in flour. Melt butter and oil in large pot; add garlic. Cook the beef just to rare; remove from pot and refrigerate. Add wine and bouillon to pan and scrape up bitsstuck to bottom. Add potato, onion, thyme and bay leaf. Bring to boil, cover and simmer 1 hour. Add potatoes, carrots, cerlery and onions; simmer 1/2 hour. Add tomato juice, as necessary for nice gravy. Add beef cubes, reheat; toss in parsley and serve. Recipe By : "Vinyard Seasons" by Susan Branch