booze in beef stew

[Greenstone]

I always marinade my beef in either Guinness or red wine before making stew, then slow cook it for ages. I give it to my 3 year old and have done since she was about 1.5 I guess? I'm guessing I can't really give it to my 7 month old or what do you reckon?

If you cook the meat for several hours, the alcohol will evaporate and it should therefore be fine.

It's fine. There's a big difference between marinating then slow cooking v flambéeing in cognac!

I think it would be fine - surely the alcohol burns off?

FYI less alcohol evaporates than you'd think, so for people avoiding alcohol for religious or addiction reasons I'd be less relaxed.

Nice one, glad to hear these replies! Realistically the baby will only be eating a tiny bit anyway.

Did this without thinking about it this week Ds loved it! No ill effects or let up on his 2 hourly wakings

thank you for this thread, I went home and made a lovely beef and ale stew, shin of beef, lots of parsley and vegetables and a bottle of Bank's bitter. Lovely!

Seriously slow cooking breaks down the alcohol. I've seen it done as an experiment (vs burning off). There is none in there really after a good long stew.