G'day all,
           have got a group coming over for dinner tomorrow night and I reckon I might make a nice chunky stew in the cast. I know it's very hard to make a bad one but has anyone made a stew or goulash that sort of stands out from the rest.  I'd appreciate any suggestions. There are several recipes on this forum but I haven't tried them yet.

All the best
Skip

Hey Skip.

I make what I call Big Chuncky Aussie Stew. One of my favorite's.
Adjust these amounts, I usually fill my 15 inch Furphy, And always seems to disapear!! I LOVE IT

5.5 kg Chuck steak (I dice it myself to get 1.5 inch cubes)
6 onions chunky style
1/2-3/4 Jap Pumpkin

Throw meat, onions, pumpkin in a CO, S&P and cover with water, Simmer for as long as you can. I try and go for 3-4 hrs. No need to stir. The pumpkin in it now will disapear and work as a thickener.

Now I throw some spuds in, maybe about 8 medium spuds only cut in half.

wait

about 1 hour before serving I add 3/4 or so of Jap pumpkin in big chunks like the spuds.

1/2 and hour before serving add some chunky carrots and beans. It should be looking the goods by now.

Thicken with 50/50 plainflour/gravox, Mix it with a little water and stir in VERY GENTLY, the meat at this stage will disintegrate if you look at it the wrong way!!! Enjoy

It really kicks butt, I'm getting excited thinking about it!! ;D
Bet you that you don't make enough! ;D

Cheers

Jono

Sounds good Jono.  Good instructions.

Skip I sent you a couple from Hueys Cooking Club.

This is one for 10-12 not sure how many your cooking for.
http://papadutch.home.comcast.net/~papadutch/dutch-oven-recipe-onepotdnr.htm

Thanks a lot. Jono I like the sound of all that pumpkin (one of my favourite veggies) The whole bit sounds good. Based on your positive experience I'm gunna give it a whirl.

Carolyn got the recipes, thanks for that-I'll put them in the S*** hot book for a later trial. Only need one at a time (the Greek Job sounds the grouse) :)

Jono if Mr. Penfolds let's me I'll get some happy snaps of the ordeal.

Thanks
Skip

Good onya Skip, You won't be disapointed.

You can put as much pumpkin in it at the start as you like. It makes for a thicker, fuller bodied stew rather than just adding gravy at the end.

Tip: Make sure you use Chuck, It makes all the difference.

Looking forward to the results

Jono

Jono this is an outstanding recipe and I'm doing a trial run tonight absolutely stoked with results. This is a 5 star S*** hot book entry. thanks mate

Regards Skip.
Standby for snaps . A lot of Strongbow under the belt. So if not tonight ,then tomorrow

Here is some happy snaps of Jonos recipe.
In essence it is the same but I rolled my meat in seasoned flour first & fried off. Then added heaps of carrots & parsnips. Other than that the same. I hope I did it justice Jono.

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All the best
Skip

One more. The finished article.

http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee181/hughesmeister/IMG_1336.jpg

Regards Skip

Looks beautiful.  :)

Very Nice, Looks like it should to me Skip. The flavours come right out at ya don't they. I'm glad you enjoyed it. Tomorrow nights will be even better.

Jono

Hey Jono I just realised that I probably need to take out a small loan for 5.5 KG of any meat ;D. The freeloaders tomorrow night are in for a treat. I'm also going to make Dereks  Apple Cobbler. I bought some Pie Apples with Cinnamon today at Coles. I've cleaned off the special pie crimping tool for the occassion.

Thanks Mate
Skip

Skip are you gunna do a crusty loaf with ya stew, Silly question I spose, they go hand in hand. I've not done alot of breads/dampers but keen to get into it and at least get one down pat. I usually just use the bread mixes.

Jono

I bought a new bread mix recently called Lauke Crusty White.  Haven't tried it yet.

That's this loaf Derek (Crusty White)-just don't let the sweat drip into the dough
Skip

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Hey Skip

A bit late, but something I've toyed with a bit lately and have had really yummy results is cooking a stew similar to Dianne sauce.
Just use water and thickened cream 50/50 enough to cover meat and veges.
Add two to three tablespoons of both tomato and worcestershire sauce (almost as hard to type that as it is to say), two teaspoons crushed garlic.
Simmer as you would normally.
Just thicken with a bit of the old cornflour and water. :P :P :P

Give it a lash and see what you think.
Robbo

Well done Skip, looks great, I am sure they will enjoy it.  I love potatoes in their skins also  :D

If you look at the bottom of your post you have the code of the last photo, you can go back in by clicking on the the modify button (top right) and just add [ IMG ] existing code [ /IMG ]  either side (without spaces) and it will then load up.

I have to agree with Carolyn... Skip top job on the stew and bread... and there is nothing wrong with using pre mix can save a lot of hassles.
Muzz

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Derek wrote on Apr 19^th, 2008 at 10:06pm:

I bought a new bread mix recently called Lauke Crusty White.  Haven't tried it yet.

That's the same one I mostly use, comes up nice!

Mick

skiproosel wrote on Apr 19^th, 2008 at 9:48pm:

The freeloaders tomorrow night are in for a treat. I'm also going to make Dereks  Apple Cobbler. I bought some Pie Apples with Cinnamon today at Coles. I've cleaned off the special pie crimping tool for the occassion. Thanks Mate Skip

Well Skip, whats the verdict? Did the freeloaders enjoy? Where's the photos of the apple cobbler? More importantly was there any left?  :);)

Cheers

Jono

Maybe they lynched him Jono.  ;D ;D ;D ;D

or maybe the strongbow's got the better of him.  [smiley=beer.gif] [smiley=beer.gif] [smiley=beer.gif]

Hi there Jono,
                 mate I had trouble getting all the freeloaders to leave. They were as fat as mud & one could crack scrub ticks on the guts. The stew went off well and every single one had seconds. Can't complain about that so Jono's Delight has now found it's way into Skip's Handy Billy (Sh** Hot Cookbook). Thanks for that.
I never however got the chance to knock up the Cobbler. I had some Bananas in the bowl so knocked up a banana cake instead. It must have been ok too cause there is only a bit left!!

http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee181/hughesmeister/IMG_1343.jpg

I still have the can for next time!

http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee181/hughesmeister/IMG_1344.jpg

Mate I couldn't do the Cake after Jono's Delight  ;D and 7 longnecks of Strongbow and a few Canecutters Cordials. I thought an Indonesian Babarusa had a dump on my tongue when I woke up this morning. :)


All the best
Skip

 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D Your a classic. Good stuff. I would have made that stew 50 times I reckon and don't think any one has ever had only one go of it. [smiley=thumbsup.gif] It's very more-ish. Banana cake looks good

Jono