Merlot Beef Stew in Puff Pastry
Merlot beef stew with a delicious puff pastry topping is an excellent fall dinner meal. Not only is it delicious but it also helps use some of that great leftover beef roast that you may not know what to do. I love making my slow cooker beef roast and coffee gravy or my rump roast with fried cucumbers to get the perfect beef leftovers for this recipe. Go ahead and give them a try.
Soup Crock Bowls with Handles are my favorite baking dishes. I inherited these awesome crocks when I married my hubby. He had them in his cabinets and never used them. They are fantastic, and heat stews great in the oven at high temperatures. I like to make this recipe and also my leftover chicken pot pie with crescent topping. French onion soup would also work perfectly in these as well.
Cost to make this recipe.
This complete meal costs us about $11.03 for a family of four or about $2.76 per serving size. I can save a bit of money by growing my veggies for this recipe and possibly having made my beef stock which can cost more than the Merlot wine if you can believe that. A homesteader’s cost could be reduced to about $7.42 or $1.89 per serving size.
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Merlot Beef Stew with Puff Pastry
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp butter, …[$0.25]
- 8 oz mushrooms, chopped…[$1.75]
- ¾ cup Merlot wine, …[$1.70]
- 1½ cup leftover beef, chunks…[$1.78]
- ¾ cup corn, …[$0.75]
- ¾ cup green beans, …[$0.75]
- ¾ cup carrots, sliced…[$0.35]
- 2 cups beef stock, …[$1.76]
- 2 tbsp cornstarch, …[$0.06]
- 1 sheet puff pastry, …[$1.88]
Instructions
- Pull out one sheet of puff pastry and let it thaw. Then roll out slightly and cut into quarters. Put back into freezer.
- In a medium sauce pot, melt butter and sauté mushrooms. Pour in Merlot wine and cook alcohol off for 5 minutes over medium heat.
- Next toss in meat and vegetables and let simmer together for 5 minutes.
- While stew is simmering, combine two tablespoons of beef stock and cornstarch. Mix together and pour into pot along with remaining beef stock. Let mixture cook and sauce thicken about 30 minutes.
- Pour mixture evenly into oven safe bowls. Pull out frozen puff pastry sheets and put on top of filled bowls. Bake in oven at 400 °F for 10-15 minutes or until golden brown.
Merlot Beef Stew
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp butter, …[$0.25]
- 8 oz mushrooms, chopped…[$1.75]
- ¾ cup Merlot wine, …[$1.70]
- 1½ cup leftover beef, chunks…[$1.78]
- ¾ cup corn, …[$0.75]
- ¾ cup green beans, …[$0.75]
- ¾ cup carrots, sliced…[$0.35]
- 2 cups beef stock, …[$1.76]
- 2 tbsp cornstarch, …[$0.06]
- 1 sheet puff pastry, …[$1.88]
Instructions
- Pull out one sheet of puff pastry and let it thaw. Then roll out slightly and cut into quarters. Put back into freezer.
- In a medium sauce pot, melt butter and sauté mushrooms. Pour in Merlot wine and cook alcohol off for 5 minutes over medium heat.
- Next toss in meat and vegetables and let simmer together for 5 minutes.
- While stew is simmering, combine two tablespoons of beef stock and cornstarch. Mix together and pour into pot along with remaining beef stock. Let mixture cook and sauce thicken about 30 minutes.
- Pour mixture evenly into oven safe bowls. Pull out frozen puff pastry sheets and put on top of filled bowls. Bake in oven at 400 °F for 10-15 minutes or until golden brown.