Recipe - Biscuit-Topped Beef Stew

12 ounce Boneless beef top round
steak, cut into 1/2inch
cubes
2 tablespoon Allpurpose flour
Nonstick spray coating
1 lg Onion; chopped (1 cup)
3 md Potatoes; cubed
1 cn (14 1/2ounce) Italianstyle
stewed tomatoes
1/3 cup (One half of 6 ounce can) lowsodium
tomato paste
2 teaspoon Instant beef bouillon
granules
1 tablespoon Sugar
1 teaspoon Dried thyme; crushed
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1 Bay leaf
1 cup Eggplant; peeled, cubed
Sour Cream Biscuits (see
recipe, below)
1/3 cup Reducedfat dairy sour cream
2 teaspoon Milk
1 teaspoon Sesame seed; (optional)

Combine meat and 1 tablespoon of the flour in a plastic bag; shake to coat
meat. Spray a cold Dutch oven with nonstick coating; heat over medium heat.
Add meat and onion; cook until meat is brown. Drain off fat. Add potatoes,
undrained tomatoes, tomato paste, bouillon granules, sugar,
thyme,Worcestershire sauce, and bay leaf. Stir in 2 One half cups water. Bake,
covered, in a 350' oven for 1 hour. Add eggplant. Cover and bake for 30
minutes more.

Meanwhile, prepare Sour Cream Biscuits.

Remove stew from oven; increase oven temperature to 425'. Discard bay leaf.
Combine sour cream and remaining I tablespoon flour; stir into stew. Brush
biscuits with milk. Sprinkle with sesame seed, if desired. Arrange biscuits
atop stew. Bake, uncovered, for 20 to 25 minutes or until biscuits are
golden. Serves 6.

Sour Cream Biscuits: Stir together 1 One fourth cups allpurpose flour and 1 1/2
teaspoons baking powder Cut in One fourth cup margarine or butter until mixture
resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in 1/3 cup reduced fat dairy sour cream and
One fourth cup skim milk. Knead dough on a lightly floured surface 8 to 10 times.
Roll or pat to 1/2inch thickness. Cut dough into circles with a 2inch
biscuit cutter. Makes 12 biscuits.

NUTRITION FACTS PER SERVING: 412 calories, 21 g protein, 52 g carbohydrate,
14 g fat, 46 mg cholesterol, 4 g dietary fiber, 804 mg sodium.

Recipe by: Better Homes & Gardens

Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #871 by "Nitro_II "
Nitro_II@classic.msn.com on Oct 27, 97