Slow-Cooker Mediterranean Beef Stew

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Appears in Cook's Country December/January 2014

Obviously, it’s easier to avoid batch-browning the beef before it goes into the cooker. But how do you compensate for the lost flavor that browning provides?

SERVES 6 to 8

TIME 5 to 7 hours on high, or 9 to 11 hours on low

Slow-Cooker Mediterranean Beef Stew

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

We based this slow-cooker stew on the traditional French dish daube Provençal, which uses a whole bottle of red wine, letting it reduce slowly on the stovetop while the stew cooks. Since the slow cooker doesn’t allow for much evaporation, w...

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