Pot Roast (yeah, I got the idea off some yanks)
but I use lamb, and quite a bit of tomato and stuff.
Guinness Stew (layers are important).
1st layer 600g chuck steak cubed.
Mix with 1 tablespoon vegemite, 2 tablespoons of tomato paste (acid acts as a tenderiser), and a half teaspoon garlic powder)
2nd layer 1 1/2 cup chopped onion.
3rd layer 1 1/2 cup diced carrot.
4th layer 1 cup chopped celery
5th layer 3/4 cup swede (sortof turnip), and 3/4 cup parsnip.
Put about 1 1/2 cups of very finely chopped pumpkin (QLD blue)...it cooks down and thickens the gravy.
Sprinkle with mixed spices, a tablespoom of Worcestershire. Dump a 400g tin of crushed tomatoes on top.
Add a 2/3 of a stubby of guiness.
Cook really slow for a long time. Stir jus tas you add the dumplings.
Dumplings 3/4 cup wholemeal self raising flour, 3/4 cup of white self raising flour, rub in 2 tablespoons butter until it's like "breadcrumbs".
Then cut in milk (or light beer) until it's a bit stickier than scone dough.
Make dumplings, and cook them in.
Must be served with a good dollop of "dead'orse", and tastes even better on toast for Brekkie the next morning.
No $700 kit, $17 cheapie.
