Receta Beef Stew

My mom used to make the best beef stew, of course she still does next to mine.  I loved all the large pieces of vegetable and the pieces of beef just falling apart.  Then to dip some delicious buttermilk biscuits in the gravy…it was pure heaven.  It always warmed us up on those cold winter days.  To this day, when I taste beef stew, I am drawn back to my 3-4 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil (or fat rendered for 3 slices of plain 1 extra-large onion, 2 carrots sliced in 1-inch-thick chunks (on the bias if you want to be 2 celery stalks also sliced in 1-inch-thick 4 cloves of garlic, 2 dried bay 4 sprigs fresh 2 sprigs fresh 3 1/2 pounds of beef stew meat (cut into 2 inch…