Cooking with Jonny69: Game stew with stilton dumplings

[Cosimo]

Except Gallo tastes like ****.

You said it.

 

[Rikk]

Just like to say thanks, made this a couple of weeks ago and was fab, being a newb at cooking I did mess up with the dumplings using normal flour rather than self raising as I learnt later but hey...we all start somewhere
Just making another lot now to freeze for later gobling, just wish we had a cooking area to keep all your little gems in.

Thanks again and keep it up

 

[DanH84]

that looks lovely, i love game but don't cook with it often enough.

 

[Azagoth]

I'll just add that this works absolutely brilliant with Boar, Venison and Mushroom.

 

[dirtybeatfreak]

although i hate stewed/braised type food this looks really nice mate. i been teaching myself cooking the past few months but im just at the stage of using herbs/spices correctly and cooking everything fresh and from scratch at the moment (sick of frozen crap)..

have a question though, you put brandy in for a caramely type flavour, does the alcohol burn out and does it taste of alcohol at all??? (if that makes any sense lol) like the idea of the caramel flavour but i hate the taste of alcohol lol

 

[wez130]

looks nice, thoug when i make it i put a bit of redcurrant jelly in it with the red wine, oh and stilton dumplings on a raw meat chopping board

 

[Rikk]

I haven't been using the brandy as I haven't got any and it's still looovly

 

[TriedandTested]

Argh, I'm hungry. Have to workout yet too.

Good thread. Five stars. Yum.

 

[Voltar]

You're a hero for making these amazing threads mate

Can I put up a request for a sticky:

"Jonny69's recipe & how to thread"

That way you can have a catalogue for everyone

Also do you do requests? So if someone asked you to do another of your threads but with a specific meal in mind (I've noticed lots of omg the mrs is coming for dinner help I can't cook threads) would you be willing to do it if you fancied it or had enough advance time?

good job nonetheless

 

[Noel Gallagher]

Looks delish!

I love dumplings

 

[yermum]

A couple of points that I would add - a little dark chocolate added to anything gamey is great. If you need to use stock cubes, Kallo organic are not bad and widely available. For beef stew I always use shin of beef from the butcher as this is the tastiest cut for slow cooking but requires quite a long time.

Great thread.

 

[Jonny69]

Just like to say thanks, made this a couple of weeks ago and was fab, being a newb at cooking I did mess up with the dumplings using normal flour rather than self raising as I learnt later but hey...we all start somewhere

Should be fine with plain flour. If they were hard then they just needed more water, if they disintegrated then they were too wet or you cooked them too long I reckon.

have a question though, you put brandy in for a caramely type flavour, does the alcohol burn out and does it taste of alcohol at all??? (if that makes any sense lol) like the idea of the caramel flavour but i hate the taste of alcohol lol

Yes all the alcohol boils off, you definitely don't want it tasting of alcohol

A couple of points that I would add - a little dark chocolate added to anything gamey is great. If you need to use stock cubes, Kallo organic are not bad and widely available. For beef stew I always use shin of beef from the butcher as this is the tastiest cut for slow cooking but requires quite a long time.

Great thread.

Scary stuff, I haven't mastered adding chocolate to food yet. Tried adding it to chilli once and it was Bournville stew with hot beef it in. Need to experiment

Agreed on the stock cubes, Kallo organic are the best. I did oxtail the other week, tasted fantastic but I didn't cook it long enough. Cheap cuts definitely make the best beef stew.