Beef and Butternut Squash Stew

Added by Audrey Schipul

30 min prep / 60 - 90 minutes cooking
serves 4

1 tablespoon	boiling water
1	onion diced
2 cloves	garlic, minced
1/2 teaspoon	dried rosemary
1/2 teaspoon	dried thyme
1 teaspoon	salt
2 tablespoons	flour
1 pound	stew beef
1	butternut squash	cut into 1/2 " cubes
1/4 cup	sun-fried tomatoes chopped
1 14.5 oz cans	beef broth
	pepper to taste

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1.	Saute onion and garlic in oil. Combine salt, pepper and flour in a bag; add beef and shake to coat. Turn heat to high and brown beef.
2.	Add remaining ingredients (and if necessary enough water to just cover beef) and heat on high until it boils. Reduce heat and simmer for 1 to 1.5 hours.
3.	Serve with crusty bread.

from Giada's Kitchen