"After browning the meat I made the roux with butter not margarine. It browned-black quickly and stuck to the bottom of my dutch oven. I thought I ruined my dutch oven and the dish. I continued to brown the roux.

My tip is to get the hot water rolling in a tea pot while you brown the meats. Let the roux cool like in the direction then continue wit"

"This recipe turned out perfect. I am concerned where my meat comes from so I used organic ground beef and organic beef broth. I was really pleased with the gravy which I attribute to the broth maker. I used organic beef broth made by Pacific Natural Foods found it at Whole Foods.

Can you buy diced cooked mushrooms? Yuck sounds gross. I cooked the diced mushrooms in olive oil. The mushrooms really bulked up the proportions of this meal. A non-mushroom eater will barely know it was there. With all the mushrooms in the mix it still tasted like meat.

I decided to cover loosely with aluminum foil for baking portion. I didn't want the gravy to burn and dry out on me.