Beef stew with red cabbage, prunes and chocolate

Ingredients for 6 servings:

• 800 g beef
• 1 m.-sized onion(s)
• 2 thick carrots
• 1 liter beef broth
• 100 ml red wine
• 100 g porcini mushrooms, dried
• 600 g potatoes
• ½ head of red cabbage
• 200 g prunes
• 25 g chocolate, dark, 85%
• 1 tsp freshly ground black pepper
• 1 pinch(s) of Allspice, ground
• 2 bay leaves
• 2 tsp, heaped marjoram

Instructions

Working time approx. 20 minutes; Rest time approx. 1 hour; Cooking/baking time approx. 1 hour 30 minutes; Total time approx. 2 hours 50 minutes

Delicious

Dice the beef and brown well. Add the diced carrots and onions, bay leaves, allspice, and pepper, brown briefly, and then deglaze with red wine. Soak the porcini mushrooms in cold water for 1 hour. Pour the stock into the meat and simmer for 45 minutes. Remove the stalk and outer leaves from the red cabbage, cut the cabbage into eighths, and cut into thin strips. Peel the potatoes and cut into bite-sized pieces. Add the potatoes, marjoram, red cabbage, mushrooms, and finely chopped prunes to the meat and simmer for another 35 minutes. Add a little water if needed. Season to taste before serving, chop the chocolate, and stir in.