Instructions

  1. Fry 6 strips bacon until crisp and cut into 1/2 inch pieces.
  2. In the bacon grease brown well beef stew meat. Put beef into crock pot.
  3. Brown 1 med carrot sliced & 1 sliced small onion. Add salt & pepper to taste. Stir in 3 T flour & 1 10-3/4 oz can condensed beef broth. Mix well & put in crock pot.
  4. Add the bacon, tomato paste, minced garlic, thyme leaves, bay leaf, and pearl onion to the pot.
  5. Cover and cook on low for 8-10 hours. (or in 300 degree oven in a covered pan for 2 hours.).
  6. Saute mushrooms in butter and add with red wine to crock pot or oven dish & cook for one more hour.
  7. I recommend serving this over mashed potatoes.