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RECIPE: The Clover Irish stew
Executive Chef Jeremy Bechtold joined KARE 11 Saturday to share tips and tricks behind some of his favorite Irish dishes.
ROSEMOUNT, Minn. — A bar and restaurant in the southeast metro will soon be getting jiggy with it… as in the Irish jig.
And, with a name like The Clover, you can be sure it’s celebrating St. Patrick’s Day in a big way.
In fact, the celebration is spilling over into a two-day celebration with live music, prizes and tons of food specials.
The Clover will feature housemade, smoked Corned Beef and Cabbage, along with a variety of other specials, including Irish stew, Reuben sandwiches, Reuben chowder and even Reuben egg rolls.
The Clover Executive Chef Jeremy Bechtold joined KARE 11 Saturday to share tips and tricks behind some of his favorite Irish dishes and the different techniques he uses to add depth and flavor to these St. Patrick’s Day favorites.
RECIPE: The Clover Irish stew
1# beef or lamb stew meat
5 medium carrots, large dice
2 small yellow onions, large dice
6 red potatoes or 2 russet potatoes, peeled, large dice
4 garlic cloves, small dice
1 tsp kosher salt for seasoning meat + 2 tsp to season stew.
2Tbsp corn starch, mixed with 1/4c water into slurry.
Fresh parsley, chopped for garnish
In a large braiser, Dutch oven, or pot turn the heat to medium-high. Add oil. Once oil is hot and shimmering, Add the meat, seasoned with salt and pepper. Sear on all sides.
Once the meat is well seared, remove it from the pan. Add carrots, onion, garlic and tomato paste. Cook until the onions start to turn translucent.
Add the Guinness and red wine. Bring to a boil until the beer mixture is reduced by half.
Add the rosemary, thyme, and bay leaf.
Add the chicken and beef stock.
Bring to a simmer. Cover and cook for 1 to 1½ hours, or until meat is tender.
Once the meat is tender, add the cornstarch slurry, and cook to desired thickness.
Garnish with fresh parsley.
Serve with fresh grilled or toasted buttered bread.
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Investigators say 27-year-old Mayan Deng Mayan shot a man following an argument at the unlicensed party at an Uptown business.
MINNEAPOLIS — A man will serve a sentence of more than 34 years in prison after pleading guilty in a fatal shooting at an after-hours party in Minneapolis.
The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office says 27-year-old Mayan Deng Mayan was sentenced to 414 months, or 34 1/2 years in prison for the murder, which took place outside an Uptown Minneapolis business that was holding an after-bar party the morning of Sept. 18, 2022.
Police were dispatched to the Fade Barber Shop on the 1600 block of Harmon Place just before 5:30 a.m. and found 28-year-old Birahim Gildersleve of Rochester suffering from life-threatening gunshot wounds.
Gildersleve was rushed to Hennepin County Medical Center but did not survive.
Investigators learned the shooting followed a verbal argument outside the party and used surveillance video and a license plate reader to identify Mayan as the shooter. He was subsequently charged with second-degree murder.
“Mr. Mayan took the life of Birahim Gildersleve and in doing so, devastated Mr. Gildersleve’s loved ones and damaged a community,” Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said. “There is no sentence that can repair the harm, but today’s sentence delivers accountability for Mr. Mayan and is in the interest of public safety.”
Mayan will be credited for 585 days already served.
BCA Special Agent Joe Swenson told jurors that Maddi Kingsbury’s remains were hidden by brush and logs 6 to 10 feet long and appeared to be there “on purpose.”
MANKATO, Minn. — BCA Special Agent Joe Swenson was the first witness called Monday morning, the 8th day of testimony in the 1st-degree murder trial of Adam Fravel for the death of Maddi Kingsbury, his ex-girlfriend and mother of his two children.
Swenson, based in Rochester, took the stand and testified about arriving at the scene where Maddi’s remains were found inside a culvert on June 7, 2023. He recalled that the remains were so hidden that he couldn’t tell where the Fillmore Co. Deputy was pointing until they started moving logs and brush.
The BCA agent described some of the logs in the ditch as being 6-10 feet long and “the size of older wooden powerlines, 6-inches across.”
“It certainly appeared the logs were placed there on purpose,” Swenson said.
Then prosecutor Phil Prokopowicz questioned Agent Swenson about discoveries made during an April 27, 2023, search of the Rochester home Fravel and Kingsbury shared. Jurors were shown photos inside the garage as Agent Swenson testified about finding a roll a roll of black Gorilla duct tape, which seemed to match the tape wrapped around Maddi’s body.
Swenson told the courtroom he also found Wyze-brand surveillance cameras in the garage, which had been taken down from inside the townhome and were not operational on the day investigators believe Maddi was killed.
Last week, prosecutors charged Mary Kay Bower, 42, of St. Paul, with rustling and livestock theft, which is a felony.
SHAKOPEE, Minn. — In a YouTube video titled “Rustling is still a thing,” Bloomington Police Chief Booker T. Hodges begins by saying “I’m going to talk to you about a crime that city dwellers don’t often have to talk about.”
Hodges is referring to a woman who was recently arrested and charged with stealing a sheep from a farm in Bloomington.
Last week, prosecutors charged Mary Kay Bower, 42, of St. Paul, with rustling and livestock theft, which is a felony.
On Saturday, Oct. 19, around 6:45 p.m., officers were called to Old Shakopee Road East on a report of a man and woman walking a dog and a sheep.
Bower originally told the officers she had purchased the sheep, according to court documents. However, the man with Bower told officers she “had stepped over the fence to a farm, put a leash on the sheep, and then pulled the sheep through the fence. The male said {Bower} pulled so hard that the sheep was choking.”
Officers said they confirmed with the nearby farm’s owner that the sheep was stolen. The farm’s owner said the “sheep is a breeding hair ram worth approximately $500.”
Chief Booker ended his video by saying the ram was in good condition and Bower’s dog and a “bunny rabbit” that she also had in her possession had been returned to her after she was released from the Hennepin County Jail.
