[Dizz]

If you're making beef stew would you prefer it made with red wine or ale?

I'm creating, and I want it to taste AMAZING. And I've never made stew before :whistling2:

It's going to have potatos, carrots, parsnips, butternut squash and garlic in there too...

I'm thinking wine, but I might dabble with the ale?



Yis, another question :whistling2:

 

[Morgan Freeman]

Red wine.

 

[Tops]

red wine.

 

[Dizz]

Yeah I'm thinking wine, but I reckon ale would taste good too... a beefy aley stew. Minus the garlic, I don't think garlic and ale mix... I might be wrong but doesn't appeal.

 

[Ragmoth]

Red wine, at least half a bottle and I drink the rest...

 

[Lex]

Wine, but only because I believe that the wine would provide a better marinade for the beef, as stewing beef can be quite tough..

 

[Meko]

a beefy aley stew. Minus the garlic, I don't think garlic and ale mix... I might be wrong but doesn't appeal.

beer and curry were made to go together

 

[Dizz]

Ok

Looks like wine it is.... Off to morrissons I go. It's gonna be the cheapest red wine going though I'm afraid. Sure the beef won't mind

Anyone coming for tea? Or am I freezing it all again... lol

 

[Dizz]

beer and curry were made to go together

Good point... but I generally don't pour beer IN my curry

 

[Fuzzball]

My mum has made a good beef stew before with ale in, adds loads of root vegetables, cooks for hours and adds dumplings.

 

[Dizz]

Oh dumplings!!!!

Need a recipe... they can't be THAT hard can they.....

I could make two stews actually..... I have enough beef for 2 small ones or one big one....

Yes

Sod it, one ale, one wine.

 

[Ragmoth]

Make sure you buy a dry red wine, it will taste better in a stew.

 

[Dizz]

Make sure you buy a dry red wine, it will taste better in a stew.

Thanks

I love food.

One bonus of having an empty house is I tend to experiment more with cooking. Not sure why I don't enjoy cooking when there are people here faffing about.

 

[Aquilus]

It's going to have potatos, carrots, parsnips, butternut squash and garlic in there too...

No onion? It's not a proper beef stew without great big hunks of onion!

 

[SSmode]

Ale is better for beef stew. I would save red wine for casseroles where you are going to have potatoes and veg as red wine can make it a bit rich for a stew.

 

[Dizz]

Oh I missed onions.

Ok, what's the difference between a stew and a casserole then :hmm:

 

[Ragmoth]

Oh I missed onions.

Ok, what's the difference between a stew and a casserole then :hmm:

A casserole is usually cooked in a dish with a lid in the oven, a stew is usually cooked in a pan on the hob.

 

[SSmode]

Oh I missed onions.

Ok, what's the difference between a stew and a casserole then :hmm:

Stew would probably be slightly more liquid, perhaps smaller chunks and not as rich. And I always cook casseroles in the oven and stews on the hob.

 

[Philcw]

Yis, another question :whistling2:

:whip: :lol2:

 

[Ragmoth]

Do you like Guiness, Dizz??

Irish stew is lush with a can or 3 of Guiness...