Guiso Carrero (Argentinian Stew)
It's still all for play in Pool D with Argentina and Japan meeting tomorrow, and the winner of that match going through to the quarter finals! I have no particular favourites, but as the nights get much chillier, a warming Guiso Carrero makes a hearty and comforting dinner! Happy Saturday!
Ingredients (serves 4):
2 tablespoons olive oil
725 grams/ 1.60 pound good quality stewing meat (I used veal osso bucco)
1 onion
1 green Garden Bell Pepper, rinsed
1/3 red hot chili pepper
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
1/4 teaspoon Cayenne Pepper
1 large garlic clove, minced
6 tablespoons red wine vinegar
450 grams/1 pound Garden Red Kuri Squash
4 medium or 8 small Garden Potatoes
4 Whole Peeled Tomatoes + 1/2 cup of their juice
1 teaspoon fleur de sel or sea salt flakes
1/2 teaspoon freshly cracked black pepper
1 1/2 cup Beef Broth, warmed
a dozen fresh Garden Green Beans
1 cup egg noodles
Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Add veal osso bucco (or the meat you are using), and brown well, a couple of minutes on each side. Once browned, transfer the meat to a plate; set aside.
Peel and finely chop onion, and stir into the pot. Fry, a couple of minutes, until softening.
Halve and seed Bell Pepper, then chop it and add to the pot. Thinly slice chili pepper, and stir into the pot, as well.
Season with dried oregano and thyme and Cayenne Pepper. Stir in minced garlic, and deglaze with red wine vinegar. Reduce heat to medium.
Peel and seed Red Kuri Squash, and cut it into cubes.
Peel Potatoes and halve (or quarter) them, depending on size.
Add Red Kuri Squash cubes and Potatoes to the pot, stirring well to coat in onion and herbs. Increase heat back to medium-high.
Roughly chop Whole Peeled Tomatoes and stir them, along with their juice into the pot.
Return reserved osso bucco, along with its resting juices, to the pot. Season well with fleur de sel and black pepper. Cover with warmed Beef Broth, and bring to the boil.
Once boiling, reduce heat to medium, cover with a lid, and simmer 45 minutes to an hour.
Rinse Green Beans and top and tail them. Add to the pot and cover with the lid. Cook, about 10 minutes.
Finaly, stir in egg noodles, cover with the lid, and cook 5 minutes more.
Serve Guiso Carrero hot, with a robust red wine like an Argentinian Cabernet or a French Ventoux. Buen provecho!
Argentina vs. Samoa (19-10), Friday 22nd September, Saint-Etienne, France
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Lemon and Apricot Lamb Tagine
This fragrant and spicy Lemon and Apricot Lamb Tagine elevates your leftover Easter roast into a more-ish and comforting North African stew, warming you up from these April showers! Happy Thursday!
Ingredients (serves 3 to 4):
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 1/2 teaspoon Ras-el-Hanout
1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
1/4 teaspoon cumin seeds
1/4 teaspoon ground chilli
6 plump cardamom seeds
1/2 large onion
1 garlic clove, minced
1 large lemon
1/2 cup dried apricots
1/3 cup almonds
1/2 teaspoon coarse sea salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly cracked black pepper
Leftover Herb Lamb Roast with plenty of meat on the bone, along with 1 cup of its Roasting Juices, congealed
3 cups water
2 heaped tablespoons good pure honey
1 teaspoon demerara sugar
In a large Dutch oven, heat olive oil over medium-high heat. Add Ras-el-Hanout, dried thyme, cumin seeds and ground chilli, and fry, 1 minute.
Crush cardamom pods, and add them to the Dutch oven. Fry, 1 minute more.
Peel and finely chop onion, and stir into the Dutch oven, coating in spices. Fry, a couple of minutes.
Add minced garlic and cook, 1 minute.
Cut lemon into quarters, and cut each quarter in half. Add lemon pieces to the Dutch oven, along with dried apricots and almonds. Cook, 3 minutes. Season with coarse sea salt and black pepper.
Add leftover Herb Lamb Roast to the Dutch oven, and brown briefly, on all sides. Then, stir in its Roasting Juices, until melted. Add water, and bring to the boil.
Once boiling, cover with the lid, and simmer, one hour, until the Lamb meat fall off the bone. Stir in honey and demerara sugar until melted.
Serve Lemon and Apricot Lamb Tagine hot, onto Lemon Semolina.
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Beef Stew Recipe - Potion of Fortitude
Whether it's been an exhausting week, a frigid winter's day, or just a stressful time, few things are more comforting than a hearty bowl of stew. I make this beef stew for myself whenever I need a true pick-me-up or when I'm preparing for an in-depth magical working. It provides lasting energy, warmth, and strength.
Plus, this recipe is scalable - make a ton and freeze it to enjoy for weeks or just make a little bit for one meal. The measurements below are approximate; measure with your heart.
Ingredients:
Chuck roast, cut to half-inch cubes (you can get pre-chunked stew meat, which is what I typically get)
Flour, enough to coat the beef
Salt and Pepper (about 1 tsp salt & 1/2 tsp pepper), for seasoning the beef coating
2 tablespoons Unsalted Butter
1 Onion, diced
2 Large Potatoes, peeled and cut into half-inch to one-inch cubes
2 Carrots, peeled and cut into rounds
5-6 Cloves of Garlic, finely diced
4 cups Beef Broth
Herbs of your choice, such as: Sage, Thyme, Marjoram, Celery Seed, Bay, Chili Flakes
Additional veggies of your choice, such as: Parsnips, Turnips, Bok Choy
Salt and Pepper to taste
Instructions:
Mix together your flour, salt, and pepper in a bowl. Toss the beef chunks in the mixture to coat. This will create a nice brown crispiness on the outside.
In your stew pot, sauté your flour-coated beef until browned on all sides. Remove from the pot and set aside.
Add more oil to your pot and cook your onion until translucent. If you don't mind soft carrots in your stew, add them now and cook until just starting to soften and brown. (Note: I often leave the carrots until after the potatoes are nearly cooked through because I don't like the texture of fully-cooked carrots.)
Once your onions are translucent and your carrots have started to soften/brown, toss in your butter and scrape the bottom of the pot. You want to get all those beautiful, delicious brown bits back into the mixture. You can add a little water if you need help loosening the bits.
Add your garlic and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds.
Put your beef back into the pot (along with any drippings from the plate/bowl you placed it in). Pour your broth over everything and give it all a good stir.
Toss your potatoes into the pot. Bring it all to a boil and reduce your heat to let it simmer.
Add your herbs and spices. I recommend salt, pepper, sage, thyme, celery seed (or salt), and bay. If you like it spicy, you can throw in a bit of chili powder or flakes.
Simmer for at least one hour or until your potatoes are soft and your beef becomes tender, stirring occasionally.
If your stew isn't thick enough by the time your potatoes are done, you can make a cornstarch slurry by combining one tablespoon of cornstarch with two tablespoons of water. Pour the slurry into the stew and let it cook until thickened to your desired consistency.
Season with salt and pepper to taste.
Serve with crusty bread, veggie side dishes, or whatever else you like.
Optional magic you can include:
As mentioned above, I often use this recipe to bolster or replenish my energy before or after an intense magical working. It also works for physical exertions - I made this for a group of my partner's friends while they were moving heavy furniture to a new apartment, and it gave them all the energy to move everything in one night!
This stew has an intense comforting effect. If someone I know has been working hard, stressing out, or hasn't been feeding themselves properly, I'll make this for them to help them remember to take care of themselves. It's rejuvenating, hearty, and full of love.
Depending on the herbs you choose to include, this could also be a powerful protection spell. Especially in the cold months, I use this as a protective ward against the cold exhaustion that pulls at the body and mind.
Pop a bit of chili in this spell to both speed up its effects and cast out negativity! Nothing clears the sinuses like a nose full of spice, and nothing clears the body of bad vibes like a good dose of chili flake.
Like many of my spell recipes, this one is most effective when it's shared. Give a bowl to your friends, your family, your neighbors, whoever. It makes a wonderful offering to house spirits or ancestors.
If you make this recipe, please let me know your thoughts! And if you enjoy this or my other posts, please consider dropping a couple dollars in my Ko-Fi tip jar!
Happy cooking, witches! 🍲
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