Five Hour Stew - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 pounds cubed beef chuck roast
4 carrots, chopped
2 onions, sliced into rings
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1/2 cup Burgundy wine
3 tablespoons tapioca
salt to taste
ground black pepper to taste
1 (28 ounce) can crushed tomatoes
1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
2 cups canned potatoes
1 (5 ounce) can water chestnuts
2 cups canned mushrooms, drained

Preparation

Preheat oven to 250 degrees F (120 degrees C).
Combine the cubed chuck, carrots, onions, brown sugar, wine, tapioca, tomatoes, tomato sauce in a large baking dish. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
Bake at 250 degrees F (120 degrees C) for 4 hours. Remove from oven and add stir in the potatoes, water chestnuts and mushrooms.
Raise oven temperature to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C) for 1 more hour.