Traditional Vegetable Stew Recipes

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large, heavy saucepan over medium heat.
• Add onions, garlic, carrots, celery, and mushrooms.
• Cook 10 minutes, stirring frequently.
• Add small amounts of water, if necessary, to prevent sticking.
• Add remaining ingredients, except flour, 1/4 cup water, and wine.
• Cover, reduce heat to low, and simmer 30 minutes, or until vegetables are tender.
• Stir occasionally while cooking.
• In a small bowl, gradually stir flour into 1/4 cup water until smooth.
• Add to stew, along with wine.
• Cook, stirring, 5 more minutes.
• Remove and discard bay leaf before serving.

Steps:

• Peel all the vegetables and chop in large rough chunks
• Put the olive oil and all chopped vegetables and the bay leaves into a large casserole pan keep the lid on
• Allow the vegetables to sweat for 15 minutes, then add the passata and the water
• Bring to boil and them simmer for one hour with the lid on
• Mix the flour and suet, salt and cheese add the wine - enought to make the dough pliable.
• The mix should be enough to make 8 dumplings drop onto the stew, cook on a moderate heat for a further 25 minutes
• To finish take off the lid and put the casserole pan under a grill for a few minutes just to lightly toast the top of the dumplings

Steps:

• In large pot or Dutch oven, heat the olive oil over medium heat. Once the oil begins to shimmer, add the mushrooms and cook for about 5 minutes, or until most of their juices have been released.
• Add the onions, carrots, and celery, and cook for 4-5 minutes, or until onions are semi-translucent.
• Add the garlic, rosemary, thyme, pepper, tomato paste, and soy sauce, and cook for 2-3 more minutes, until the herbs are fragrant.
• Add the flour and stir until fully incorporated. Add the wine and stir until mostly absorbed.
• Add the potatoes, vegetable broth, and bay leaves, and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer for 45 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the potatoes are tender and the stew has thickened.
• Remove the bay leaves.
• Enjoy!

Steps:

• Preheat broiler.
• Heat a medium soup pot over medium heat. Add extra-virgin olive oil, bay, chopped garlic and onions and let them sweat out while you prepare the rest of the veggies. Work next to the stove and drop as you chop, in order of longest cooking time: potatoes, eggplant, zucchini, and bell pepper. Season with salt and pepper, cover and cook 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Uncover and add tomatoes and stock and cook 5 minutes more, to heat through. Turn heat off and stir in basil.
• Char bread under broiler and rub with cracked garlic then drizzle with extra-virgin olive oil, top with cheese and pepper and return to the broiler for 30 seconds to brown cheese. Serve cheese whole-grain toast with bowls of vegetable stew.

Steps:

• Heat the oil and butter in a pan and brown the beef. Remove the beef from the pan, throw in the garlic and onions and cook until softened, about 3 minutes. Pour in the beer, beef broth, Worcestershire sauce, tomato paste, sugar, paprika, salt and some pepper. Then return the beef to the pan, cover and simmer on a low heat until the meat is very tender, 1 1/2 to 2 hours. If the liquid level gets too low, add more broth as needed.
• Add the carrots, parsnips and turnips and continue to simmer until the vegetables are tender and the liquid is reduced, about 30 minutes.
• If the stew is still too liquidy, remove a cup of cooking liquid from the pan and stir in the flour. Add the flour mixture back into the pan and stir. Simmer for 10 minutes until the stew is thick. The meat should be very tender; if it's tough, let it continue to cook.
• To finish, add the parsley and stir through the stew.

Steps:

• In a 3-qt. slow cooker, combine all ingredients. , Cover and cook on low for 8-10 hours or until meat and vegetables are tender.

Steps:

• In a large glass bowl, combine Guinness, mustard, rosemary, and bay leaves.
• Add the beef cubes, stir in, cover, leave to marinate in the fridge overnight.
• Preheat oven to 325°F or 160°C.
• Drain the meat and keep the marinate to one side for later.
• On a plate or chopping board, sprinkle the flour and season to your tastes. I recommend just a bit of salt and pepper and a touch of rosemary.
• Cover the beef cubes in the flour and set aside.
• In a large skillet, melt butter and brown the meat 3-5 minutes each side. Transfer this to a casserole dish and do not clean the skillet (this retains flavours released by the beef).
• Add the remaining butter to the skillet, when foamy add the onions and cook until brown and/or tender. Add these to the casserole dish.
• Repeat this step for all other vegetables, only adding butter when necessary. Each vegetable should be cooked until tender. This will take a maximum of 5 minutes.
• Add the vegetables to the casserole dish followed by the marinate and beef stock.
• Cook for 1.5-2 hours or until meat is tender. Stir occasionally. The Guinness will reduce a lot, but if it looks too dehydrated you can add more.
• Taste occasionally, and if it is too sharp you can add sugar to cut the taste.