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Thanks. I'll give this recipe a try. It appears to be very similar to the one I used a few years ago. I'll keep my fingers crossed.

I actually cooked it for an hour longer, and the beef came out very tender. Neither the beef nor the sauce were flavorful, so next time I will actually season the beef as well as the flour. It seems I had to add a ton of seasonings. I also added potatoes. In fact, I will probably try...

Thanks for all the replies. I don't drink alcohol, which might explain my sensitivity to it, but I enjoy a lot of dishes that use it. I concur with others that you should not cook with any wine that you would not drink. Well, since I don't drink wine, it is very hard to do that. :chef: I'm...

I agree, which is why I wanted the beef stew with red wine. I cooked an excellent beef stew a few years ago and it was the best I've ever made. It did not have a winey taste at all. On review, I now remember that I deglazed with the wine, which cooked off most of the alcohol. As it turns...

I found a nice recipe for beef stew using a cup red wine on the net. Although delicious, it tasted and smelled strong of the wine. What technique should I use to make less winey beef stew? Is there a recipe available that uses red wine and kills off that strong taste and smell?