SCOTTISH GUINNESS STEW

A stew for today. And one with a beer touch. And not any beer. We are talking about Guinness. A stew made with Guinness. Delicious. Let’s cook!

Ingredients:

1 chopped carrot

1 small chopped onion

2-3 cubed potatoes

2 bay leaves

1 clove of garlic, chopped

½ can Guinness Stout (not bottled)

Some beef stock or water (better results with stock, of course)

1 pound stew beef, cubed

1 teaspoon dried thyme

1 teaspoon dried rosemary

1 teaspoon dried parsley

Some extra virgin olive oil

Some salt to taste

Some freshly ground black pepper

Some flour

I will use the pressure cooker to make the stew. However, you can do it in a regular pan too. And even in a crock pot with really wonderful results. Slow is better from my point of view, but if you are in a hurry, you can use the pressure cooker. I will show you how today.

First we will prepare all the vegetables.

Get a Guinness can. Do not use a bottle.

Then we will seal the meal a bit in the pressure cooker using some drops of extra virgin olive oil.

Then we will add carrots, onion and potatoes and cook for a minute. Add the rest of ingredients except the flour and cover it with the beer and the beef stock. Close the pressure cooker and follow the instructions to cook the stew for about 20 minutes.

Once it is cooked, and when the pressure cooker is ready to open, remove the bay leaves. Then add some flour, spoonful by spoonful, stirring thoroughly to make the stew thicker. Add only the necessary flour to get this. Do not use too much flour. Let it cook for a couple of minutes.
And it will be ready to be served. A wonderful stew. Enjoy!

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EGG ROLLS

Chinese comfort food. Egg Rolls. Who has not eaten Egg Rolls? I will make my own Egg Rolls today. Let’s go to the kitchen.

Ingredients:

Egg Roll Wrappers

1 chopped carrot

¼ cauliflower or white cabbage

1 small can beansprouts or fresh ones

1 small can water chestnuts

1 tablespoon soy sauce

Some salt to taste

Some freshly ground black pepper

Some vegetable oil

To start with the preparation, chop the carrot. Scald the cauliflower or cabbage for some minutes. Then drain and shred it. Put carrots, cauliflower, beansprouts, water chestnuts and black pepper in a container. Add the soy sauce and mix. Add some salt if needed.

We will have the egg roll wrappers ready. Thaw the amount you consider you will be using. Put a wrapper on a surface with one corner pointing at you. Pour about three tablespoons of the mixture across the wrapper, parallel to you. Fold the corner closer to you to cover the mixture. Do the same with the right and left corners. Finally do the same with the remaining corner. Do this with all the wrappers and the filling.

Then the only thing we will have to do is frying the Egg Rolls. Heat some vegetable oil in a pan and deep fry the rolls. Do this in badges so that the rolls do not stick to each other. When they are brown, remove from the pan and let them get rid of some of the oil by putting them on kitchen paper towel.

Now you have your rolls ready. You can serve them as an appetizer. And you can serven them along with some oriental dish.

Rewarding and delicious. Enjoy!

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