3 oven merlot stew Recipes

fat-trimmed boned beef chuck or other cut suitable for stewing, rinsed and cut into 1 1/2-inch chunks, dry red wine such as zinfandel or merlot, diced tomatoes, chopped fresh basil leaves or 3 tbsp dried basil, peeled garlic cloves, fresh-cracked or coarse-ground black pepper, salt, creamy polenta, oven-dried tomatoes or 2 roma tomatoes, rinsed and sliced crosswise into 1/4-inch-thick rounds, gremolata

reynolds oven bag, flour, lean stew beef, italian stewed tomatoes, lipton onion soup mix, water, merlot wine (dry red wine), black pepper, bay leaves, potatoes peeled and cubed, sliced carrots, celery rib cut in 5 pieces