Hello, i'm so sorry for not posting anything since Thursday. It's been a busy weekend. I hope you all had a good one too, apart from the UK weather.
Here is the Stew i prepared for last Thursdays dinner. We also had it on Friday too.
I love Stew and Dumplings, I make a deep stock pot and the stew lasts for at least 2-3 days. We don't have to worry about what we are going to have for dinner for a few days, which is nice, and also all that goodness from the vegetables.
Here are some pictures of what I had put in my stew, in case anyone was new to making one, basically with a stew you can pretty much put any vegetables in it.
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I started with 3 pints of boiling water with 3 Vegetable stock cubes
(Stock cubes Aldi 99p per box) |
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I poured the stock into the stock pot |
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I diced one large onion, if you have small ones use two
(Aldi 69p pack of 4) |
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I added a pack of British New Potatoes
(Aldi 69p i think per pack) |
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I chopped them into halves, then half again, so you get lots of small potatoes pieces |
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I peeled and chopped 2 or 3 carrots
(Aldi 69p per pack) |
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This is the onion, carrots and potatoes together in the stock |
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I chopped a large leek into slices
(Aldi 69p pack of 5 or 6) |
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I added some frozen peas and sweetcorn
(Aldi 99p or £1.00) |
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This is the stock pot with all the vegetables |
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I topped up the pot with water from the kettle, just to cover the top of the vegetables. |
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I popped the lid on and simmered until the vegetables were soft |
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I added 3 tins of stewed steak to the pot once the vegetables were soft
(Aldi £1.99 per tin) |
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This is what it looked liked with everything in together |
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I made some dumplings to go with it
(Any supermarket does suet, i haven't seen this in Aldi though) |
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These are the instructions on how to make the dumplings, pretty simple really |
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I do the dumplings separate for 10 minutes then transfer into the stew, or you can simmer them on top of the stew for 20 minutes |
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These lovely part bake rolls are beautiful, they are great for dipping in the stew
(These are from Aldi 99p pack of 8) |
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Here are the instructions on how to bake these rolls |
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AND ENJOY with a glass or bottle of red wine. |
Just to say, I wash all my vegetables before I put them in the pot.
I can't wait to have this again soon.
I hope you enjoyed this, and by all means I am no professional chef. It's all about trying different things.
Until next time
Rachael xxx
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