Drifting mmmm!

[Jemisa]

As I'm sitting here I've just noticed the smell of my stew drifting in from the kitchen mmmm! It does smell good. A beef stew slowly simmering on the hob.With a beef stew I always sling in a tin of Oxtail soup to give it that extra vavoom! What tip have you got to make your stew extra special?

Jem

[Traci66]

Bay leaves, love the smell of the stew cooking when I've thrown some in, oh a a small spoon of marmite.

[Canary42]

Garlic

[excelsior-1]

a little worcester sauce
a touch of oregano

[chaptazbru]

Tomato sauce.

[Psybbo]

Baxter's Beef Consomme, bay leaves and Worcs. Sauce

[DTCwordfan]

Spit?

Making sure the onions are nicely sautéed, the beef a good cut and using home-made beef stock as Oxo is half salt.

[gingejbee]

For a beef stew- some paprika and handful of barley.

[FrillyPancake]

Mmmmmm jem oxtail soup. Now that sounds dead unusual and really 'depthy' lol. Really nice i am guessing. Never tried it. May have to now? .........

[humbersloop]

good stock, slug of red wine or guiness, bay leaf, worcester sauce, mushroom ketchup

[bednobs]

cumin

[DTCwordfan]

now you are talking, sloopy, what do they describe as the fifth flavour? Umami......the ketchup also does that;

[Psybbo]

I deglaze the casserole with whisky

[DTCwordfan]

Scotch or your local hooch?

[Psybbo]

Scotch every time, Irish is too rough

[Jemisa]

Here we are after midnight & full to the brim with stew and white fluffy dumplings.
Thanks for all your contributions I'll be putting some to the test later on through the cold winter days to come.

jem

[Alagopus]

A couple of squares of dark chocolate.

[Bromsgrove]

Hello,
Grated rind and juice of an orange, bay leaf and dash of Worcestershire sauce

[islasmum]

Small tin of baked beans.