Beef Stew

Ingredients: 3 tbls butter 14 oz chuck beef, 3/4" cubes 1/4 cup whole wheat flour 1 tsp black pepper, 1/2 tsp salt 1 medium onion, course chopped 3-4 stalks celery,course sliced 1 cup mushroom, chopped 12 oz bottle Porter Beer 1 1/2 cups water 3 medium carrots 3 small potatoes 1 tsp basil, 1 tbls parsley 2 tbls corn starch (with a little water)

Directions: butter in hot skillet mix flour/salt/pepper, toss in the beef beef in the skillet, brown for 5 to 8 minutes add onion/celery/mushroom, cook for 5 minutes add beer, cook to boil, reduce to dead low for 3 hours (stir the bottom every 15 minutes) increase heat, add water and carrots, down to simmer to cook 15 minutes add potatoes, cook for 15 minutes add basil/parsley, cook for 15 minutes add corn starch, stir to thicken, 4 minutes stew in bowls serve wirh sourdough bread DONE