I know many readers are vegetarian, while others choose to eat meatless once or twice a week. Menu plans are always a personal choice. Today's recipe suggestion is for Somerset Stew, a vegetarian dish full of flavour and goodness, which can be easily adapted for meat lovers by adding sausages!
Why is this called Somerset Stew? It's the addition of cider! The County of Somerset in South West England has many apple orchards which makes it a veritable haven for lovers of cider, or scrumpy as it is known locally.
A traditional cider apple orchard, with sheep grazing
The sweet golden nectar is found throughout the county, with offerings ranging from cloudy artisan varieties made on site, to the refined ciders of large commercial companies. Cider can make a nice addition to many stew/casserole recipes like the one featured today. Read more about Somerset here
Serves Four
1 tbsp oil
1 onion, finely chopped
1 garlic clove, finely chopped
1 large carrot, finely chopped
1 leek, chopped
1 tbsp tomato purée
400g can chopped tomato
200g can butter bean, drained
400g can flageolet bean, rinsed and drained
200ml dry cider
250ml vegetable stock
few sprigs thyme, leaves only
Make it non-veggie
2 sausages
1 tsp olive oil per portion
Optional Servings
Prepare as appropriate to serve with stew
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Method
1. Heat oil in a large pan and fry the onion, garlic, carrot and leek until soft but not coloured. Add the tomato purée, chopped tomatoes, butter beans, flageolet beans, cider, stock and thyme and simmer for 15-20 mins until the stew has thickened and the veg are tender.
2. Meanwhile, if you’re adding sausages to any portion, snip each sausage into 3-4 chunks. Heat the olive oil in a frying pan and brown the chunks for 5 mins, then stir in appropriate portions of the stew and gently simmer for the remaining cooking time.
1. Heat oil in a large pan and fry the onion, garlic, carrot and leek until soft but not coloured. Add the tomato purée, chopped tomatoes, butter beans, flageolet beans, cider, stock and thyme and simmer for 15-20 mins until the stew has thickened and the veg are tender.
2. Meanwhile, if you’re adding sausages to any portion, snip each sausage into 3-4 chunks. Heat the olive oil in a frying pan and brown the chunks for 5 mins, then stir in appropriate portions of the stew and gently simmer for the remaining cooking time.
3. You'll also need to prepare and cook the mash of your choice.
4. Once all ready, serve and enjoy.
Nutrition Per Serving (without mash)
Fat 4g Protein 9g Carbs 20g Fibre 7g
From idea here
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All the best Jan
32 comments:
...cider is a nice touch.
This sounds delicious, but living in Florida this is way too much of a warm comfort food for us at this time of year. Bookmarking for next fall/winter :)
It looks and sounds delicious! My family would always be looking for the meat though.
Gracias por la receta. Te mando un beso
This stew I intend to make.
Thank you!
That does sound good. I have never cooked with cider - an omission I should rectify. Soon.
Looks nice and I bet it tastes good too.
This sounds delicious! Have a great week, Valerie
It seems wonderful.
Greetings from the Netherlands,
Hilly
It looks very tasty, we love our stews in this house.
Muy buena receta. Feliz semana.
Hello,
Looks delicious, I could eat more vegetarian meals. I am not so sure if my hubby would eat them. Take care, enjoy your day! Have a great new week!
This sounds lovely, I think I'll be adding sausages to mine yum.
This is MY kind of meal. It even looks good. I'm saving the recipe.
Yum
We like soups, chowders and stews so I cook those more often than other meal options. I have tried some of your recipes even though some of the ingredients are not readily available here where I live and your measurements are different since we live across the pond. Even with substitutions they come out delicious! And I want to thank you for visiting my blog and your comments. I hope you will become a Follower!💖
Oh I love soups and stews all year round. I've never heard of putting cider in a stew before. I am always learning new things it seems. Glad I'm not too old to learn. LOL! Happy Monday. Hugs and blessings, Cindy
Thank you for another great recipe to add to summer dinners
Like the sound of this one.
Both ways sound delicious
I love stew and that sounds like a good one.
The cider in the stew sounds like a great idea. Looks delicious.
A farm just up the road from us makes their own cider without all the added junk, that sounds interesting
Aside from not liking beans, this sounds good.
The west country, there were I was born. Somerset Stew, I love them.
I do like a nice stew, but I'm not a fan of cider/beer in food xx
This sounds delicious. I'm going to try making it at the weekend. X
This looks similar to a stew I make. Heart and delicious!
That's that's tea sorted for tomorrow, sounds delightful! Love the addition of mash!xxx
This sounds really good! Thanks Jan! Big Hugs!
Sue says -"Do you have a recipe that includes Gin?" Just joking I think. I'm about to make a chilli con carne to warm us up.
Phil Slade said...
Sue says -"Do you have a recipe that includes Gin?" Just joking I think. I'm about to make a chilli con carne to warm us up.
Hello Phil, many thanks for your comment
Hope you enjoyed your chilli con carne.
You mentioned gin!
I think Sue may enjoy these gin and lime truffles on this post here
https://thelowcarbdiabetic.pages.dev/2021/05/gin-and-lime-truffles-deliciously.html
All the best Jan
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