Smoked Sausage Stew - cooking recipe

Ingredients

6 carrots, peeled and julienned
2 medium onions, peeled and quartered
1 1/2 cups celery (diced or sliced)
1 (10 1/2 ounce) can beef broth or (10 1/2 ounce) can beef consomme
1 cup water
1 bay leaf
1/8 teaspoon pepper
2 potatoes, peeled and diced
1 tablespoon flour
1 lb smoked sausage, cut into 1-inch pieces
salt, to taste
parmesan cheese, grated

Preparation

Place vegetables in a saucepan with consomme or broth, water, bay leaf and pepper.
Heat to boil; reduce heat, cover and simmer for ten minutes.
Add potatoes; cook ten minutes longer or until vegetables are tender.
Remove bay leaf.
Mix small amount of liquid with flour to make a paste; stir into vegetables.
Add sausage.
Cook, stirring occasionally until sausage is hot and liquid is thickened.
Add salt to taste.
Top each serving with Parmesan cheese.