Cooking: A week with AH2

Glaucus · 07-02-2009, 19:50

Well I know some of you wanted some simple delicious dishes.
So I have 5 easy and cheap dishes for you to try.

Pork and apple braise with vegetable hotpot
Beef and veg stew with dumplings
Simple mossaka
BBQ sauce smothered pork chop with potato rosti and corn on the cob.
Turkish beef pilau

Beef and veg stew with dumplings

Ingredients:
1 Tablespoon Olive oil
250g Beef Skirt
100g Shallots (10 or so small shallots)
120g Celery (3 sticks)
250g Carrots (3 medium carrots)
300g New potatoes
500g Fennel (1 fennel)
300g Courgettes (2 Courgettes)
250g Chestnut Mushrooms
1 red chilli or some chilli flakes
2 Tablespoons fresh parsley
1 oxo cube in 600ml of water or 600ml of fresh stock
300ml white wine

Dumplings:
100g Self raising flour
50g Mature cheddar (stronger the better)
50g Butter
1 Tablespoon Thyme

Suggested Servings: 4

Method:
1) Add the olive oil to a large sauce pan, cube the beef and add to the pan. Peel and half the shallots and add to the beef. Fry until beef is sealed.
2) cube Thickly dice the carrots, celery and fennel and add to the pan and fry for about 10 mins.
3) add the stock, wine, chilli and a good pinch of pepper and simmer for about 2hours.
4) Add the mushrooms and courgettes.
5) make the dumplings, rub the flour and butter together to form bread crumbs. Mix in the grated cheese, thyme, salt and pepper. Bring together with a little water till it forms a dough.
6) Roll the dough into 8 balls and place in the pan, simmer for about 30minutes.
7) server.

07-02-2009, 19:50	#1
Glaucus Absinthe Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 1,855	Cooking: A week with AH2 Well I know some of you wanted some simple delicious dishes. So I have 5 easy and cheap dishes for you to try. Pork and apple braise with vegetable hotpot Beef and veg stew with dumplings Simple mossaka BBQ sauce smothered pork chop with potato rosti and corn on the cob. Turkish beef pilau Beef and veg stew with dumplings Ingredients: 1 Tablespoon Olive oil 250g Beef Skirt 100g Shallots (10 or so small shallots) 120g Celery (3 sticks) 250g Carrots (3 medium carrots) 300g New potatoes 500g Fennel (1 fennel) 300g Courgettes (2 Courgettes) 250g Chestnut Mushrooms 1 red chilli or some chilli flakes 2 Tablespoons fresh parsley 1 oxo cube in 600ml of water or 600ml of fresh stock 300ml white wine Dumplings: 100g Self raising flour 50g Mature cheddar (stronger the better) 50g Butter 1 Tablespoon Thyme Suggested Servings: 4 Method: 1) Add the olive oil to a large sauce pan, cube the beef and add to the pan. Peel and half the shallots and add to the beef. Fry until beef is sealed. 2) cube Thickly dice the carrots, celery and fennel and add to the pan and fry for about 10 mins. 3) add the stock, wine, chilli and a good pinch of pepper and simmer for about 2hours. 4) Add the mushrooms and courgettes. 5) make the dumplings, rub the flour and butter together to form bread crumbs. Mix in the grated cheese, thyme, salt and pepper. Bring together with a little water till it forms a dough. 6) Roll the dough into 8 balls and place in the pan, simmer for about 30minutes. 7) server. __________________ Last edited by Glaucus; 07-02-2009 at 19:52.