Laughing Cooking Woman
Beef Stew w/ Dumplings
Stew:
1# beef cubed
1# mushrooms cubed
2 medium onions cubed
2 medium carrots, sliced thick
3 medium potatoes, cubed (I leave the skins on)
1 hard, tart apple cored, peeled, cubed
2 bay leaves
salt, pepper & Garlic to taste
2 C tawny port OR a decent drinkable wine (no grocery store cooking wine cuz it's gross)
1 1/2 C water OR stock of some kind (I like duck or goose stock, but I"m a geek that way)
1/4 C ketchup
1 batch of your favourite baking powder biscuit recipe. Just in case you don't have one, there is one listed here. Go look for it.
2C grated cheese (I like pepper jack, but you can use any you like)
1/2 C grated pamesean cheese
1 handful of chives
1/2 tsp chili powder (don't ask, just do)
1/2 C sour cream if you want to, but you do.
Stew:
1# beef cubed
1# mushrooms cubed
2 medium onions cubed
2 medium carrots, sliced thick
3 medium potatoes, cubed (I leave the skins on)
1 hard, tart apple cored, peeled, cubed
2 bay leaves
salt, pepper & Garlic to taste
2 C tawny port OR a decent drinkable wine (no grocery store cooking wine cuz it's gross)
1 1/2 C water OR stock of some kind (I like duck or goose stock, but I"m a geek that way)
1/4 C ketchup
- brown the beef and mushrooms together in small batches, remember everything you are browning needs to be in contact with the bottom of the pan.
- carmelise half the onions
- add all ingredients into a deep baking dish and stir it up, ready for your dumplings
1 batch of your favourite baking powder biscuit recipe. Just in case you don't have one, there is one listed here. Go look for it.
2C grated cheese (I like pepper jack, but you can use any you like)
1/2 C grated pamesean cheese
1 handful of chives
1/2 tsp chili powder (don't ask, just do)
1/2 C sour cream if you want to, but you do.
- all them all together
- spoon over the stew
- bake the whole shebang covered at 350 F for about an hour
- uncover it and bake it till the top is golden brown and your stew is bubbling out the sides
- serve it with grape jelly. Again, don't ask, just do.