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ServingsMedium
By Nik Sharma
Published 2018
While a bowl of warm beef stew with falling-apart tender meat is comforting, there’s no reason it can’t have an exciting taste. Here the beef bathes in an aromatic bath flavored with cinnamon, garlic, and the fruity acidity of verjus, pomegranate molasses, and dry red wine. This is my ode to California wine country.
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