Still got some shin of beef left, so thought "what about a stew ?" ? 

So, a few chopped small potatoes, sprouts [yup?], a leek, 2 small diced carrots, chopped green beans, chopped button mushrooms, a shallot and red wine concoction started it all off,,,, stock cubes and gravy granules, seasoning, lid on and relax ?

Nice and easy to bung everything in a large pan, and an hour and a half later,,,, SERVICE !!! ? ?

Edited January 4Jan 4 by JKD

Proper winter food, any snow down your way?

7 minutes ago, TIGHTCHOKE said:

Proper winter food, any snow down your way?

It was rather tasty, but needed something to lift it to a better level ?

No snow, but it is raining. 15°C due here tomorrow apparently ??

Just now, JKD said:

It was rather tasty, but needed something to lift it to a better level ?

No snow, but it is raining. 15°C due here tomorrow apparently ??

Bikini weather.

Mankini ? ?‍♂️? NO PICTURES PLEASE ?

Where did you get that picture of kitchrat from ?! ??

Deep black Google.

The stew look fine , I would willingly eat a bowl of that , my grandparents used to do a lot of stew including Rabbit , on the top of the saucepan they would steam a couple of suet dumplings , any dumplings ever left over would be eaten cold sliced in half with a nice knob of butter , simple but very effective .    MM

Proper grub that. ?

7 minutes ago, marsh man said:

The stew look fine , I would willingly eat a bowl of that , my grandparents used to do a lot of stew including Rabbit , on the top of the saucepan they would steam a couple of suet dumplings , any dumplings ever left over would be eaten cold sliced in half with a nice knob of butter , simple but very effective .    MM

 

3 minutes ago, 7daysinaweek said:

Proper grub that. ?

Thanks guys ? TBH, it was a bit over-stewed and it became almost a soup ? Didn't mind, because I've had lots of big dinners recently, it made a nice change ?

1 hour ago, TIGHTCHOKE said:

Did someone mention mini sausage ?. 

You always have the perfect picture for every occasion dave . 

a little budgie

3 hours ago, JKD said:

It was rather tasty, but needed something to lift it to a better level ?

No snow, but it is raining. 15°C due here tomorrow apparently ??

2-3 tablespoons of tomato puree, splash of worcester sauce, good sprinkling of mixed herbs and 1/4 cup ketchup usually does the trick.

7 hours ago, bruno22rf said:

2-3 tablespoons of tomato puree, splash of worcester sauce, good sprinkling of mixed herbs and 1/4 cup ketchup usually does the trick.

Actually, did add 2 of those, just nothing tomato based ?

1 hour ago, JKD said:

Actually, did add 2 of those, just nothing tomato based ?

Is that personal thing only beef and tomato make good bedfellows.

3 minutes ago, bruno22rf said:

Is that personal thing only beef and tomato make good bedfellows.

Tomato seems to be the 'go to' ingredient in a lot of things, just don't think it belongs in a stew. Will have a rummage through the cupboards to see what might be suitable to lift the leftover leftovers ??

2 hours ago, JKD said:

Tomato seems to be the 'go to' ingredient in a lot of things, just don't think it belongs in a stew. Will have a rummage through the cupboards to see what might be suitable to lift the leftover leftovers ??

Deffo gives depth of flavour, if it's texture that's the problem you can actually get tomato powder and puree adds a salt like taste. But you can put just about anything in a stew.

3 hours ago, JKD said:

Tomato seems to be the 'go to' ingredient in a lot of things, just don't think it belongs in a stew. Will have a rummage through the cupboards to see what might be suitable to lift the leftover leftovers ??

I like tomato - and indeed do use it as a 'goto', both from tins and from puree.

Mushrooms are good.  I use fresh, tinned if no fresh to hand (keep a couple of tins handy) and I have some dried to try, but not used them yet.  You can also get a frozed bag of ready chopped 'fajita mix' - which has onion, mild peppers etc in it.  https://www.trolley.co.uk/product/ocado-frozen-fajita-mix/GGL009

38 minutes ago, JohnfromUK said:

I like tomato - and indeed do use it as a 'goto', both from tins and from puree.

Mushrooms are good.  I use fresh, tinned if no fresh to hand (keep a couple of tins handy) and I have some dried to try, but not used them yet.  You can also get a frozed bag of ready chopped 'fajita mix' - which has onion, mild peppers etc in it.  https://www.trolley.co.uk/product/ocado-frozen-fajita-mix/GGL009

Thanks for the suggestion John, but prefer my stews a bit more 'traditional' ?

In this stew are,,,, salt and black pepper, dried mixed herbs, 2 beef oxo cubes + some granules to slightly thicken, Worcestershire sauce, a glug of red wine, plus all as in the OP. Perhaps a diced onion instead of shallot would have been better. Don't get me wrong,,,, it was nice, just not very nice. Just me being fussy I suppose ?

Were you a spoilt child?    

17 minutes ago, TIGHTCHOKE said:

Were you a spoilt child?    

Now where have I heard that one before ,,,, hahahahaharryhahahaha