Casserole V Stew

[lynbrown]

What s the difference between a casserole and a stew?

[Old_Geezer]

One's done in a casserole dish, the other in a stewpot.

Isn't stew usually done on a ring, and casserole in the oven ?

[Fibonacci]

Casserole - a kind of stew that is cooked slowly in an oven.

[Fibonacci]

Stew - a dish of meat and vegetables cooked slowly in liquid in a closed dish or pan

[ubasses]

Stew is cooked on top of cooker and heated from underneath, casserole is cooked in the oven with heat circulating all round it.

[Maydup]

I agree, a casserole is cooked slowly in the oven, while a stew is cooked in a pot on the top.

[Buenchico]

This has been asked several times before. The most commonly held view seems to be that the ingredients are the same but the cooking methods are different. (i.e. a casserole goes in the oven, whereas a stew is cooked in a saucepan on the hob).

https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Food-and-Drink/Question1547032.html

https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/ChatterBank/Question1396495.html

https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Food-and-Drink/Food/Question723600.html

[dunnitall]

Correct...stew in saucepan on top of cooker...can be cooked slowly at a lower cost than cooking slowly in an oven. I prefer lower cost, tastes the same and cheaper, my style of cooking. No difference in taste, I'm a cheap gal at heart, preferring to spend my dosh on a nice aperitif and some tasty appealing um...or gin...or lol. lol.

[-Talbot-]

I often make what can only be described as a Stewsserole.

Cook it in a pan with the lid on, then remove the lid and bang it in the oven for half an hour.

[douglas9401]

The main difference is your postcode.

[AuntLydia]

douglas nail on head. Casserole is much more upper class than a lowly stew '-)

[Mamyalynne]

A lot of terminology is dependant on how and where you are eating it - in an upmarket restaurant you may order 'Gently braised pigs cheeks with a piquant sauce..

At home - 'Nip to the butchers for some odds and ends and ask him to put it on t'slate till Friday, I'll cobble some thing together'.

[AuntLydia]

Beef stew/dumplings Beef casserole /dumplings yum yum!
What about slow cookers? Can you make a casserole in a slow cooker?

[wolf63]

mamy: 'Gently braised pigs cheeks with a piquant sauce ... '

which end of the pig do they come from?

[Mamyalynne]

Nethen, have only ever had from the front end - but the others must go somewhere.

[pastafreak]

Either side of the snout. ;-)

[pastafreak]

Also known as jowls.

[EDDIE51]

I agree, Casserole is a 'Posher' name for stew.

[sanmac]

Casserole is to stew as vichyssoise is to potato soup:)