Baked Stew - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 lb. stew meat
2 Tbsp. shortening
1 (10 oz.) can mushrooms
1 c. tomato juice
1/4 or 1/2 c. dry onion soup
1 tsp. prepared horseradish
3 to 5 carrots
4 medium potatoes

Preparation

Brown stew meat (cut in cubes) in shortening.
Drain off fat. Add the mushrooms, tomato juice, onion soup and horseradish. Cover and simmer 5 minutes.
Pare and quarter the potatoes. Place in bottom of a 2-quart casserole. Top with meat. Cover and bake until tender, about 1 1/2 hours. Stir 1 or 2 times during baking.