Sailor'S Stew(Skipperlabskovs) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb. stewing beef
2 lb. potatoes
2 large onions
3 to 4 bay leaves
12 to 15 peppercorns
salt
butter for frying
about 7 oz. cooked ham (if desired)
finely chopped parsley
Worcestershire sauce

Preparation

Cut the beef into 3/4-inch squares.
Blanch and rinse in cold water.
Chop the onions finely.
Peel and cut up the potatoes. Brown 2 tablespoons butter in a thick bottomed saucepan.
Turn the meat in the butter until just colored.
Add the onions and simmer until transparent.
Add the potatoes, bay leaves and peppercorns and cover with water.
Simmer gently until all the potatoes have mashed up.