French Beef Stew - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 lb. round steak, cut into bite sized pieces
16 oz. canned tomatoes
6 carrots, cut into 2-inch pieces
1 c. celery, diced
3 medium onions, quartered
3 Tbsp. tapioca
2 slices bread, remove crusts and cut into squares
1 Tbsp. salt
1 Tbsp. sugar
small pinch of ground pepper, rosemary, thyme and marjoram
1 pkg. frozen green peas
1/2 c. red wine (must be dry, red wine)

Preparation

Place all ingredients except for peas and wine into a heavy 4-quart casserole.
Do not brown meat.
Heat oven to 350\u00b0.
Cover pan and watch it until it starts to bubble.
Turn heat down to 250\u00b0 and bake for 4 1/2 hours.
Lift cover and gently press in package of frozen peas.
Do not stir at all.
Return to oven and bake for 1/2 hour.
Just before serving, add wine.
Serves 8.