Recipes | Hearty Winter Stew

Its autumn, its cold. No one wants a salad! Its soups & stews all the way! 

So here is my make-it-up-as-I-go-along recipe for my hearty-winter stew! 

& it was actually delicious thank you very much.

You will need:

Stewing beef (diced) 

2 Pint water 

2 x Beef stock

Passata (or tomato puree if you aren't a massive tomato fan)

Garlic (chopped cloves or granules) 

Salt & Pepper

Worcestershire sauce

Choice of veg (I used ...)

3 Carrots peeled & chopped

1 Parsnip peeled & chopped

1/2 Red onion chopped

1 very large leek chopped
1 Courgette
1 Swede

A few handfuls of kale

Method:

In a frying pan / wok, heat up some oil (or fry light in my case) & add your diced beef.
Cook until browned off. 

Whilst your beef is cooking, prepare your veg. 

Peel, chop & dice until your hearts content! 

Once prepped, find yourself a large saucepan and add 1 pint of water and bring to the boil.

Add salt & pepper to season. 

Throw your beef into the boiling water once cooked & give a little stir. 

Add in your chopped garlic / granules. 

Once bubbling & boiling away nicely add in all your veg.

Reduce heat and continue to cook away for 15 minutes before adding 2 beef stock and a couple shakes of the Worcestershire sauce bottle. 

Continue to cook for 10 minutes before pouring in all your passata. 

I left this to simmer for an hour (mainly before I forgot about it) until I was ready to dish up.
If you like your stew a bit thicker feel free to add more stock / gravy granules. 

This made a good 4/5 lunch portions and was fine being kept in the fridge and reheated in the microwave for 2 minutes. 

Serve with crusty bread for that extra special touch ;)

♡ G

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