Austrian Goulash(Crock-Pot Style) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 lb. beef stew meat
1 onion, chopped
1 clove garlic
4 small carrots
1/2 stalk celery
1 (16 oz.) can tomato puree
8 oz. beef gravy
1 lb. wide noodles
pepper and salt
3 to 4 ground whole allspice
1/2 bay leaf
3 to 4 peppercorns
1/2 tsp. sugar

Preparation

Sprinkle meat generously with salt, pepper and ground allspice.
Place in crock-pot on high setting.
Add 1 cut up onion and minced garlic.
Add carrots, celery, bay leaf, 3 or 4 peppercorns and 4 whole allspice.
Add tomato puree and sugar.
Add beef gravy, leave on high for 2 hours, then turn down to low.
Set for 7 hours.
Boil noodles.
Strain sauce if you desire.
Serve over noodles.
Top with grated cheese.