Beef Stew

Darvlay's Beef Stew

1. Cube beef chuck and brown very well on high heat.
2. Set beef aside, then add chopped carrots, celery, onion and saute scraping up beef goodness. When tender, add garlic and saute for about a minute.
3. Deglaze hot pan with about a half a bottle of robust red wine and reduce.
4. Add a couple cups of beef broth and whisk in a bit of flour to thicken.
5. Re-add beef to the pot and throw in your herbs/spices (thyme, bay leaves, whatever) and simmer uncovered for about 3 hours. Add more broth/wine if needed. Keep tasting to make sure stew is not bland and awful.

Originally posted by Pawn Qween
Beef, onions, carrots, swede (where is Stocken these days?), courgettes, potatoes, oxo stock - all into a pressure cooker for approx 15mins after the pressure is up. Add suet dumplings or bake them in the oven. 🙂

EDIT: Don't cook the dumplings in the pan under pressure!

Originally posted by darvlay
Darvlay's Beef Stew

1. Cube beef chuck and brown very well on high heat.
2. Set beef aside, then add chopped carrots, celery, onion and saute scraping up beef goodness. When tender, add garlic and saute for about a minute.
3. Deglaze hot pan with about a half a bottle of robust red wine and reduce.
4. Add a couple cups of beef broth and whisk in ...[text shortened]... hours. Add more broth/wine if needed. Keep tasting to make sure stew is not bland and awful.

Originally posted by Phlabibit
You trust me with a pressure cooker? You crazy?

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Originally posted by Phlabibit
You trust me with a pressure cooker? You crazy?

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Originally posted by Pawn Qween
swede (where is Stocken these days?)

Originally posted by Nordlys
Beefu?

Originally posted by Nordlys
Maybe someone made stocken stew. 😲

Stewing steak
Baby onions
Button mushrooms
Diced unsmoked bacon
Garlic
Red wine
Beef stock (or cube & water)
Small tin chopped tomatoes

Sprig of thyme
Bay leaf x2
Salt & freshly ground black pepper

Sage & rosemary dumplings

1)Brown the 2-inch cubed beef & set aside
2)Brown the mushrooms & baby onions & set aside
3)Fry a couple of cloves of chopped garlic in a little butter
4)Add the bacon lardons & fry until crisp
5)Splash in 1/2 bottle of red wine & deglaze the bottom of the pan
Reduce by 50% until the wine becomes slightly syrupy
6)Add the small tin of chopped tomatoes & stock & mix well
7)Put the beef back in, add the thyme & bay leaves & bring to a gentle simmer & put the casserole into the oven on about 130 degrees c for about 1 1/2 hours (or keep on lowest heat, covered on the stove)
Stir every 30 minutes or so to prevent it sticking
8)Add the Mushrooms & baby onions & return to heat/oven for another 30 minutes
9)Make the herb dumplings & place on top of the stew & return to oven/heat for 20-25 minutes
Enjoy

Can't stand beef myself, I can't cook either, but you could always try it with chicken instead, that's quite nice. 🙂

Originally posted by Pawn Qween
If my teenage son can use one, you should be ok! They are brilliant for making stews in 🙂

Originally posted by Bad wolf
Can't stand beef myself, I can't cook either, but you could always try it with chicken instead, that's quite nice. 🙂

Originally posted by Phlabibit
Had my bird soup last week, and a couple weeks earlier. I'd make chili, but my wife doesn't eat that.

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Originally posted by Phlabibit
Me: Your mom have a pressure cooker?

Wife: I don't think so, I don't know anyone. Why?

Me: I could have beef stew in 15 minutes!

Wife: At the risk of blowing up the house.


Are we just being silly?

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Originally posted by Bad wolf
Okay. 🙂
I haven't really had chili before, my mom has never cooked it (or whatever you do with it) for me, I dont know if I'd like it. 😳😕