>>75410088>>75410320Good beef stew is thickened naturally via broken-down collagen and bone broth.
The secret is getting all the ''''''''''''''''''bad'''''''''''' cuts nobody wants cause they're 80% connective tissue and bone. Prime or even medium-high quality cuts should never be cooked into something containing water -- Those are for grilling & frying.
>>75410439Oh that's simple. Put in whole peeled tomatoes and put your hard spices into a sachet of some sort. Then just mash lightly when it's time to eat. The tomatoes will fall apart at the lightest agitation and the spices will have thoroughly infused.
