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Thursday, 20 February 2014

Hi there its ME......making a Quick PC Beef & Veg. Stew - Thursday, 20th February 2014

It's been a busy day, we're hungry and tired and needing a good midweek meal that's quick and easy to cook and ...delicious to eat!

And here it is, my very quick beef and veggie stew made in my Prestige High Dome Pressure Cooker in about sixteen minutes plus prep. time for veggies, which must have taken about six to ten minutes.


Quick Pressure Cooker Beef Stew – Margaret Makes Beef Stew

Ingredients:
2 tbsp. Olive Oil
450g. diced British Beef
1 onion roughly sliced
3 carrots washed, topped and tailed and diced
1 parsnip washed, topped and tailed and diced
1 leek – outer skin removed topped and tailed, cut lengthwise & diced
4 potatoes – washed, cut in half and diced
4 Garlic cloves – skinned and roughly chopped
1.1/2pt boiling water + 1 Beef Stock cube + 2 tsp. dried mixed herbs + (more mixed herbs for dusting stew once plated up) +…
2 Bay leaves for stock
Good squeeze Tomato puree
2 tbsp. Mushroom Ketchup
2/3 tbsp. Beef Gravy Granules
Seasoning
1 small tspn. Chilli powder (optional)

How to make:

1.  Sear meat in hot oil briefly
2.  Make stock pour onto meat, add 1 handful of prepared veg. & bring to 15lb pressure in Pressure Cooker, cook for approx. 8 minutes
3.  Release steam quickly under cold running water.  Remove lid
4.  Add remaining vegetables + remaining ½ pt. stock to pressure cooker, close lid, bring to 15lb. pressure and cook for 4 minutes.
5.  Reduce pressure quickly as before, remove lid, and return pan to hob.
6.  Add gravy browning granules to small quantity of hot stock mix well and add to beef stew; bring to boil and stir well to amalgamate for required thickening.
7.  Check for seasoning and serve with warmed baguettes, rice or pasta.


This quantity will feed four hungry appetites with the addition of baguettes and peas or a green vegetable, or creamy potato mash.


Or be sufficient for four meals, with two being frozen for a future use.


Daisy


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