Winter = soups & stews

[Bribie G]

Not sure if serious?

Obviously you've never had a mug of hot Bonox on a frosty morning.




Neither have I

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

When I worked in Goulburn one winter, the old guys used to come into the pub I was staying at on sunday mornings and drink hot bonox and rum....and it stunk....bad

 

[Dave70]

Not sure if serious?

I really should include a disclaimer in my sig.
I guess you could dissolve no-doze in there if you were keen for a caffeine hit. I wouldn't, they give me the nervous system of a squirrel.

Definitely serious about the stock, though you may want to let it cool and skim the fat first (good for chafed lips but). Just like chicken soup. Except in a mug. Without thew spoon.

 

[Bribie G]

Quick, cheap and easy "stew" is the Welsh Cawl that many a Welshman grew up on in hard times. Particularly useful if you have bacon that's getting a bit "sticky" and needs to be used up quick.

250g bacon cut into thin strips
dessert spoon butter or ghee
large onion or a leek
2 large potatoes sliced
500 ml stock (oxo cube stock is ok, even Bonox h34r: )
Plenty of black pepper.

Fry bacon and onion in butter till soft
Meanwhile simmer potatoes in stock till half done
Add fried bacon and onions to potato / stock, big grind of black pepper
Cover pan tightly and simmer slowly for half an hour till all tender.

Serve with crispy fried Turkish bread.

 

[Tahoose]

Obviously you've never had a mug of hot Bonox on a frosty morning.





Neither have I

Never been much of a Bonox type, reminds me of my nan,

Tea, coffee or Bonox? She would ask...

 

[mr_wibble]

Making this tonight, 'cause I want some spare time in the afternoon to plant hops
It's a bit of a lazy recipe, but I can come in from the shed at 5:30, and have it done by 6.

375g Dried beans (1 pack) - I used borlotti beans last time, could only get some red ones this time (fricken' coles)
400g Bacon
1 large brown onion, or 2x small ones
1 large can crushed tomatoes (~880 grams)
1 small can condensed tomato soup (~400 grams) (salt reduced/no salt - there's already too much in the bacon)
2x pinches of dried basil (very roughly)
3x teaspoons of "Mexican" seasoning (cumin, coriander, sweet paprika, oregano, chilli, garlic)
1x teaspoon of "Marco Polo" brand smoked paprika (this is a *secret ingredient*, Shhhh!)

Soak the beans in water all day if you can, from lunch time if you forget.
Fry Onions & Bacon in a little olive oil. Not too hot, you want to slightly brown the onions without burning.
If it looks like it's about to burn splash a bit of water into the pan (then boil it off).
Add the basil an cook for one last minute.
Add the tomatoes, soup, beans and ground spices.

Cook until beans are tender. I like to serve with peas & mash potato.

If you forgot to soak the beans ... well, you better google that.
Maybe you can boil the tar out of them in a separate pot first.

Of course one kid hates beans, but the other two think they're good. (can't win, but I try anyway).

cheers,
-kt (chief cook and washer-up)


PS> have been considering slow-cookering the beans with a ham-hock, onions, spices.

 

[sponge]

I enjoy throwing together a bit of a stew based on what 'meat packs' they have at the local grocer. It's just off-cuts of either lamb or goat which always go down a treat. I've been sticking to them over beef the last couple of years.. I've been getting to the stage of not even frying anything off and just adding everything to the pot with the lid on and letting it cook to make it an even 'lazier' version for those days where we'll be out of the house.

I normally coat the lamb/goat in a little flour and fry them off, then add in whatever veggies I have laying around (muchrooms, capsicum, carrot and onions are the norm). Add in a tin of tomatoes and a pot of beer, some herbs such as rosemary, thyme and bay leaf, garlic, smoked paprika, bit of ground cumin and coriander, S&P and throw it in a low oven for 5-6hrs. I don't add too much liquid to keep it nice and thick and let the meat and veggies add their own juices.

I've been serving it lately with a bit of spiced cous cous as the mrs tries to stay away from potato and rice. Perfect for a Sunday dinner..

The guys at work keep pestering me to make up a batch for them after seeing it multiple times for my lunch the following days after making it.

 

[mje1980]

I made my usual beef n murphys pies the other week. With my new found love of Shropshire blue cheese, I whacked a big chunk on too before the pastry. Faaaaaarrrk, pretty bloody nice.

Love winter cooking.

 

[sponge]

A bit of stinky blue inside a beef and stout pie sounds de-friggin-licious!

 

[mje1980]

Tis indeed !!

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

Pumpkin Soup

1 whole Jap pumpkin
3 onions ( saute in olive oil )
Cracked pepper
500ml sour cream.

Boil & mash pumpkin. Add onions,pepper & cream.

Eat with crusty toasted bread.

 

[Batz]

Lamb shanks done in the pressure cooker with heaps of veggies, yumbo.

 

[Danwood]

Pumpkin Soup
1 whole Jap pumpkin
3 onions ( saute in olive oil )
Cracked pepper
500ml sour cream.
Boil & mash pumpkin. Add onions,pepper & cream.
Eat with crusty toasted bread.

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Can't beat a good pumpkin soup !

I roast my pumpkin with a whole head of garlic and plenty of rosemary before adding it to the stock.

Jap has the best flavour, definitely.

 

[shaunous]

I put sweet potato in my pumpkin soup, makes it better fo sho.

 

[Bribie G]

and a heaped tsp of Keens Curry Powder.

 

[Mardoo]

I put sweet potato in my pumpkin soup, makes it better fo sho.

And I add in red capsicum and carrot. I roast it all together in a pan, cook for an hour or so in stock and then mash it with a potato masher so it's a bit course.

Man, some seriously great ideas in this thread. That rabbit goulash sounds the bomb, as well as the lamb's neck stew. Love a bit of oxtail too.

Stockwise my basic is:

2 kg chicken wings
1kg chicken feet
250 grams chicken gizzards

Cook for 24 hours on the lowest setting, so you just get a shiver (single bubble every so often. The bomb, stockwise. You need a decent Asian butcher though for the feet and gizzards. If you find a really good one they'll have all the same stuff for duck stock.

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

and a heaped tsp of Keens Curry Powder.

I added some roasted Trinidad Scorps. Yummo.

 

[Tahoose]

Beef goulash is on for the day

1.5kg rump into 1 inch cubes
Rub with flour and brown in pan
500g sliced mushrooms & 4-5large onions sliced and browned with a couple of cloves of garlic
A few cups of beef stock
2 tins of diced tomatoes(or crushed)
Lots of smoked paprika and maybe some sweet Hungarian paprika, like 4-5 tablespoons.
Bay leaves 3-5

All in the slow cooker or casserole dish, cook low and slow, stir in sour cream when finished and serve in a cob loaf.

That should feed a crowd.

 

[shaunous]

This baby should make a *** ton of soup

Dug up all my sweet potatoes the other night, and yes, that's a tallie beside it

 

[goomboogo]

That chicken looks well and truly plucked.