Beef Stew - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 lb. beef for stew
2 slices bacon, chopped
1 stalk celery
1 onion, chopped
1 Tbsp. olive oil
1 Tbsp. butter
salt and pepper
1/2 c. dry wine
1/2 Tbsp. flour
1 small can tomato sauce
1 clove garlic, chopped
1 Tbsp. chopped parsley
1/2 tsp. fennel seed

Preparation

Brown
the chopped bacon, celery and onion in olive oil and butter.
When brown, add the beef, salt and pepper and let meat brown
slowly.
When
meat is brown, baste with wine and cook until the wine has almost completely evaporated.
Sprinkle
the meat
with
flour.
Add
the tomato sauce and enough water to cover meat and cook for about 40 minutes.
When meat is
cooked, add
the chopped garlic, parsley and fennel seed. Cook 10 minutes longer, then serve.
Serves 6.