Reviewed: Apr. 9, 2012

I did not have rosemary & threw in some chopped celery + extra cup of beef broth. I wanted to spice up the tomato taste a bit more so I added a splash of Worcestershire sauce and the end result was SPECTACULAR Not bad at all and unique.!

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latour

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Feb. 12, 2012

Bland

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ozzy

Reviewed: Dec. 20, 2011

Just finished making and eating this. I didn't have any rosemary so I used oregano. It was very very good. We loved it. Will make this again soon.

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Amanda

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Bastrop, Louisiana, USA

Reviewed: Sep. 12, 2011

Loved this, but I did add 1 more can of broth, some red wine, cracked black pepper, and 1 more potato. Very yummy and I will make it again!! Thank you!!

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Amy

Reviewed: Feb. 17, 2011

I've been wanting to cook with rosemary for a while, but I felt this wasn't the right recipe for it. If I were to prepare this recipe again, I would make some rice to put under the stew because the stew wasn't as thick as I wanted it to be. It's not likely that I'm going to make this again just because it wasn't the right flavor combination I wanted.

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CherryDanish

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: San Francisco, California, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 29, 2011

This was a good recipe but I do have some complaints. First, the base of tomato paste and beef broth was not nearly enough for the amount of vegetables that were in the recipe. I had to add 5 cups of water, which, in turn made the sauce extremely thin. I incorporated some flour to make it thicker. I think next time I will either use more broth/paste and/or tomato sauce, or start with a rue. My second and main complaint is that the recipe was very bland. I added dried rosemary, more thyme, 3 tablespoons of whorechestersauce, 1 tablespoons of tabasco, and a good bit of fresh ground pepper. I also had to let it cook longer than called for to let the mushrooms really cook throughly. After the changes, it was pretty good.

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Amber

Reviewed: Dec. 28, 2010

Made exactly per the recipe, no substitutions were necessary. Don't tell my mother-in-law but my husband likes this recipe better than hers!!

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MJones

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Dec. 11, 2010

A pretty good beef stew. We made it just as the recipe says, but the rosemary flavor over powered everything and just didn't go well. We left it in for just a minute the next time and it was perfect.

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a.sevey

Reviewed: Dec. 11, 2010

I did have to add another cup of broth along with the carrots, and it still ended up thick. No other changes to the recipe, and we enjoyed it.

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tracylynn

Reviewed: Dec. 3, 2010

It was a hit - even with the person who claimed they didn't like "stew". I left all the seasonsings out except salt and pepper and did not include the mushrooms or peas; although I did add parsnips and almost twice as much beef stock. My suggestion would be to saute the onions before adding the tomato paste.

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