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Beef and Apricot Stew

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Ingredients

500g beef, cubed
1 onion, chopped 
2 cloves garlic
3 carrots, thickly sliced
3 potatoes, diced
2 zucchini, thickly sliced 
½  cup organic dried apricots, cut into strips
1l cup chicken stock
1 tsp turmeric
1 tsp cumin
1 tsp ground coriander
1 tsp ground ginger 
2 cups spinach

Method

  1. Saute onions and garlic
  2. Add beef and cook until browned
  3. Add spices and cook for two minutes
  4. Add rest of ingredients except spinach
  5. Simmer for 1 –1½ hours on medium to low flame
  6. Stir through spinach five minutes before taking stew off heat 

Other Ideas

Substitute the beef with lamb

Recipe Re-do

Day 1: on polenta. To make polenta in a large pan mix 1 cup dried polenta and 4 cups boiled water. Cook on medium heat for five minutes or until mixture thickens. Stir in 1/3 cup Parmesan cheese

Day 2: as a pie. Place stew in oven proof dish. Top with one sheet of puff pastry (thaw from frozen). Trim edges of pastry before cooking at 180 for 40 minutes 

Day 3: warm cous cous salad. Follow instructions on cous cous to make. While cous cous is warm stir in warmed stew. You can add some fresh baby spinach and roasted veggies. 

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