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Kiffah
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 Stew of sage advice.
#8386785 - 05/10/08 07:53 PM (3 months, 24 days ago) |
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YOU WILL NEED:
Carrots,
Onions (I prefer a ratio of twice as much onions as carrots)
Potatoes, of equal quantity to Onions.
Spices to flavour. I used a mixture of hot paprika, I would have prefered sweet. Herbs de provence, thyme and rosmary always go well, as does sage. Salt is good to use.
Lamb, or beef. I had rump steak, which was absolutely fine following this recipe.
K, I was high when I made this, and this is my sage advice to you, the reader: The thing about a stew is, it's good as it takes time to cook. You can go off and do something else in the meantime. However! This is not a good thing to do when surrounded by green clouds of the devil's murderherb, for it takes away all sense of time. You may find yourself distracted, often, and having a good time. It is (that is to say, I would) recommended you cook with a friend who has a track of time. Having a companion will remind one or the other when to check on the stew. I am informed that as well as possessing captivating eyes, that there are ringer devices, that can be set off to make a noise at a programmed time, either via counting down, or by instigation of noise at a certain time on the clock. They are called alarms.
This stew I hope is simple. You fill a pot of sufficient size to comfortably encompass all the constituents, and float them in water. If you have a vessel that can hold this in and then have half capacity left, this is good. This will serve you well.
Chop the onions, it's not necessary to chop them finely, but at most have them the size of your smallest finger. This will allow them to break up and form the broth more quickly. Again, it doesn't need to be finer than this, because the potatoes are going to take a while to boil anyway.
Place onions into the pot with cooking oil. I find sunflower suitable, as it can be used at frying temperatures. Fry the onions until they are sweet. If you wish to caramelise them, do so. (If you aren't sure if the onion is sweet. eat some. Raw onion is sharp and tangy. Cooked onions are not as crunchy, sweet and have a savoury taste)
To this, add the potatoes (into cube inches, or shapes approximating such dimensions. Smaller ones will cook more quickly, as the laws of surface area dictate), carrots, and meat. If you want, you can stir it around a bit and go "Mmm, that smells good". Yeah, it's probably a good idea, mix up all those crispy onions and stuff around. It also saves time washing up later, as the crispy bits won't be fused on to the bottom later.
Now you can add the water. After which, place the cover on, and leave for about half an hour to fourty minutes on a medium gas mark/middle setting. I don't know if yanks use gas to cook with or not, or if the proper British(TM) gas mark is not universally applicable, so I cannot be specific here. Besides, this is cooking, not chemistry. What temperature to cook is really up to the chef, and I'd encourage you to experiment. I can't really describe how I choose these things, all I know is it works.
After the initial cooking period, return to the stew and get a spoon to taste the water. It'll be bland. To this add the various spices. You can put them into equal ratios. If it doesn't taste salty enough, but otherwise tastes alright, then don't worry. Salt works fine added last minute, but spices should be given time to cook with the food.
Leave for a further half hour, or more if you wish. By then we were really hungry, so we waited an hour. It's ready when all the onions have lost consistency. The beef was also very tender, and melts in the mouth. Look for this quality in your meat for a good time.
ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS:
I used wooden spoons to stir this around. A flat wooden stick is ideal for frying the onions, and I recommend this over plastic or metal. It's my personal preference, and what I feel comfortable with. This was also done at my mates flat, and I am convinced that the gas cooker is far more effective than our electric hotplates. Too bad the gas smells though. We cooked this in two pots instead of a large one, and towards the end mixed the two together as my friend's one had too much chilli in it. The end result was near painfully hot, but gave us ample reason to drink more and smoke more so the pain transcended into passionate gastronomic kiss of firey goodness.
I would recommend badger golden champion to go with this, or a Chimey triple. You want something big and brown, Guinness/Murpheys/Cafferey's would also be suitable, if you like that sort of thing.
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Madtowntripper
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Looks like a good stew recipe.
I always like to add corn, peas, and celery for veggies as well as the ones you mentioned. All three hold up pretty well to hours of stewing.
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Brainiac
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The gas shouldn't smell, you could have a leak or a poit lights out some where...
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Madtowntripper
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Re: Stew of sage advice. [Re: Brainiac]
#8386981 - 05/10/08 08:50 PM (3 months, 24 days ago) |
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I was under the impression they made it stink so you knew if you had a leak?
I know mine smells yucky.
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Brainiac
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Quote:
Madtowntripper said:
I was under the impression they made it stink so you knew if you had a leak?
I know mine smells yucky.
Yep, kind of like rotting eggs. But, if your burning it shouldn't really smell..
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Madtowntripper
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Re: Stew of sage advice. [Re: Brainiac]
#8387018 - 05/10/08 08:58 PM (3 months, 24 days ago) |
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Oh, I see what you mean.
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Kiffah
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This is true, I'd have gone for tomatoes as well as I think they add a great taste to anything, but we forgot. The nice thing about a stew is experimenting.
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Re: Stew of sage advice. [Re: Brainiac]
#8388220 - 05/11/08 06:35 AM (3 months, 23 days ago) |
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Brainiac said:
The gas shouldn't smell, you could have a leak or a poit lights out some where...
The gas should smell, that's how you can tell there's a gas leak. When cooking, there's no smell, it's just before. I really don't like it. They should make it lemon fresh, or something.
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