Greek Beef Stew

I have doubled this and tripled this recipe. I also do it ahead of time which make entertaining easy.  This recipe serves 6

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup butter Butter, without salt
• 3 lbs beef chuck cut into 2" cubes Beef, chuck, blade roast, separable lean and fat, trimmed to 1/2" fat, prime, cooked, braised
• 2 cups red wine Alcoholic beverage, wine, table, red
• 2 cups beef broth Soup, beef broth or bouillon canned, ready-to-serve
• 6 oz tomato paste Tomato products, canned, paste, with salt added
• 1/4 cup red wine vinegar Vinegar, red wine
• 2 tbsp brown sugar Sugars, brown
• 1½ tsp cumin Spices, cumin seed
• 2 tsp minced garlic Garlic, raw
• ½ tsp ground allspice Spices, allspice, ground
• 2 bay leaves Spices, bay leaf, crumbled
• salt and pepper Peppers, sweet, red, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt
• 18 small white onions
• ½ lb mushrooms, quartered Mushrooms, raw
• 3 tbsp butter Butter, without salt
• 6 carrots Carrots, raw

Method

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