Beef Goulash

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 pounds trimmed beef chuck, cut into 2-inch cubes
• Kosher salt
• black pepper
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 2 to 3 tablespoons canola or olive oil
• 1 large onion, quartered and sliced
• 4 large cloves garlic. sliced
• About 1/4 cup (4 scant palmfuls) Hungarian sweet paprika
• 1 teaspoon (1/3 palmful) caraway seed
• 1 teaspoon cumin seed
• 1 quart beef stock
• 2 carrots, thickly sliced on a bias
• 1 large or 2 medium parsnips, thickly sliced on a bias
• 2 ribs celery with leafy tops, thickly sliced on a bias
• 1 14-ounce can diced tomatoes
• 1 large cubanelle pepper (mild frying pepper), seeded and chopped
• 4 potatoes peeled, cut into 1 1/2-inch cubes
• 1/4 cup chopped parsley, chives and dill combined
• Crème fraîche, to pass at table