Majorcan Beef Stew

This is how my grandmother used to make beef stew.

Ingredients for 6 people

• 1kg. Stewing beef, cut into cubes
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 carrot, diced
• 1 large tomato, peeled and chopped
• 1 bay leaf
• 3 cloves of garlic
• 200ml. stock or red wine
• 5 potatoes, peeled and diced

In a large pan, gently stir fry the onion with the carrot and tomato for 15 minutes. Add the Garlic cloves and bay leaf.
Brown the meat cubes on all sides in a separate frying pan. Add the meat and the wine or stock to the saucepan, season and bring to the boil. Simmer for 2 hours.
At the end of the cooking time, fry the potatoes in a separate pan until cooked through, and tip over the stew just before serving.