A white basin of beef stew with cranberries and grapes, enhanced with scarlet wine and grape juice.

This rich and fruity grape beef stew is flavoured with fresh herbs, cherry-red wine, grape juice, cranberries and juicy grapes. It makes the perfect winter warming and a fulfilling dish on crispy evenings. Mopping up the sauce with a slice of breadstuff is simply a must.

Yeah, it takes time to make a skillful stew. But, it is absolutely simple to prepare. Information technology's a i-pot dish, where all the ingredients come up together in a gorgeous and delicious dish. I like to fix it the night before and leave all the flavours to come together overnight. Consequently, the side by side day it tastes even better.

What practice you lot think of this combination of tender beef, cranberries and grapes? Mayhap it sounds a bit unusual, but, believe me, they create a lovely harmony. Wink. The meat simply falls apart and the grapes burst in your mouth when y'all bite into them.

More than, either red or white grapes are made out of the water (81%) and carbs (18%) and they consist of a moderate corporeality of vitamin Yard and B, which brand them a low-calorie food. And, before yous say anything about the annoying seeds, nowadays, you can find seedless grapes besides.

Grapes are a corking addition to your dishes, either sweet or savoury. Y'all might like these recipes every bit well: chilled almond-garlic soup, salubrious leek quinoa basin or turmeric beetroot pancakes.

A bowl of beef stew seen from above, packed with grapes, cranberries, carrots and herbs.
Sugariness grapes in a beef stew.

Carmine vino and grape juice

Also, another curious thing near this particular stew is that I substituted some beef stock with grape juice. Not only the grape berries but also the grape juice gives a special fruity note to the dish. Lovely and delicious.

Additionally, adding scarlet vino is very important, too. When deglazing the meat with wine, you are capturing all the skilful proteins stuck to the bottom of the pan and enhancing the flavour. My grandmother always used to say "a drinking glass of crimson vino a day keeps y'all healthy and strong". Red cheeks, healthy cheeks. And so why not use it straight in your food. Wink.

If you like this stew recipe, and then you might like these, too: red pepper beef stew, beef blackness-eyed peas stew, a lovely beefiness peas casserole or tedious-cooked date-beef tajine.

Ingredients for four-5 portions of fruity grape beef stew:

  • 500 g beef chunks
  • olive oil
  • 1 large onion (chopped)
  • 2 sprigs of rosemary
  • 3 carrots (diced)
  • 200 ml red wine
  • 300 ml crimson grape juice
  • 1500 ml warm beef stock
  • table salt and pepper
  • 100 thou stale cranberries
  • one-half a bunt of coriander (chopped)
  • 250 g grapes

To brainstorm, peel and finely die the onion. Peel, wash and slice the carrot into rounds. Then, drizzle some olive oil in a deep pot. Once hot, add together the beef cubes and brownish them on all sides. Add the onions, rosemary and carrots to the meat and cook for a couple of minutes.

Deglaze with a splash of red wine, by scraping the bits from the bottom of the pot. Stir in the cranberries and season with table salt and pepper. At this betoken, pour in the rest of the red wine, grape juice and the warm beef stock and bring to a boil.

A delicious stew with tender beef chunks, sweet grapes, cranberries and fresh herbs, such as coriander and rosemary.
Tender beef and sugariness berries.

Afterwards, reduce to medium-low, cover with a chapeau and simmer for 2,five-3 hours or until the meat gets "fall-autonomously" tender. Here and there, give it a stir to prevent sticking at the lesser.

Wash the grapes and pluck them from the stems and chop the coriander. About fifteen minutes before the end of cooking time, add both to the pot.

Finally, dissever the fruity grape beefiness stew between the plates. Serve with a slice of breadstuff, noodles, potatoes or anything you like.

Enjoy.