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Beef Casserole • Page 2
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smoothpete 37,743 posts
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President_Weasel 12,355 posts
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Registered 17 years agosmoothpete wrote:
You could lay them on top in slices?
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johnlenham 4,000 posts
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Registered 14 years agoSo hot pot is exactly the same except i chop the potatos into thin slices and layer the top of the meat/veg mix with potato right?
Cheers for all the help.gif)
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Dirtbox 92,595 posts
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johnlenham 4,000 posts
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Registered 14 years agoRight o!
Wouldnt worry about them killing me half the sod cant even cook and the other half think cooking is freezer-oven-plate
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Spanky 15,037 posts
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Registered 18 years agochuck lumps of square sausage in a hotpot for greasy goodness \o/ -
Dirtbox 92,595 posts
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johnlenham 4,000 posts
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Registered 14 years agoWell god knows how this is going to turn out..
Chopped the carrots and browned the meat then put it in the casserole dish, No onion so i chucked in the veg and then memory went hazy so i poured in the stock, chucked some dry herbs in the lot and a splash of red wine.
let it heat for abit the added the meat back into the mix and waited till it started bubbleing poured it all back into the casserole dish and was like
"Hmm i cant see how the veg above the stook will cook"
So i added about 1/4 of a pint of stock until it about about 2 inchs from covering the lot.
thought
"oh crap too runny when its done" so i chucked some flour in and gave it a stir.
I then sliced up the potato to put across the top then bunged it into the oven.
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smoothpete 37,743 posts
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Registered 17 years agoUm.. yeah might be runny and lumpy if you put the flour in at that stage -
President_Weasel 12,355 posts
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Registered 17 years agosmoothpete wrote:
Um.. yeah might be runny and lumpy if you put the flour in at that stage
future reference, mix the flour with a bit of water in a cup first, mix it into a paste, then add it -
Stickman 29,986 posts
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Registered 17 years agosmoothpete wrote:
Oh and in terms of how much liquid it should have in it, every frigging time I do it I always look at it once all the stuff is in the pot but before its cooked and think "hmm that's not enough liquid", then add more, and invariably it ends up with too much liquid (ie runny gravy, not nice thick gravy). If it looks like there isn't enough liquid in the pot, there probably is so don't add any more
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johnlenham 4,000 posts
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Registered 14 years agoyeah but i mean it was reeeeaaaaaaaaaallllly low
Well it could go either way
Hahaha well i didnt know that!
Now the buggers are boiled haha ive just checked and the stock/liquid whatever has broke the potato lid so its now going to be some sort of soup mess.
Ill stick to pastas and mexican from now on... -
MetalDog 24,076 posts
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Registered 20 years agoThe lid being on means that the vegetables above the tide line get steamed, you fool =) -
President_Weasel 12,355 posts
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Registered 17 years agoYou can rescue it though, just cook some of the liquid off for a bit. Not the end of the world! -
johnlenham 4,000 posts
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Registered 14 years agoIll get right on it!
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smoothpete 37,743 posts
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Registered 17 years ago/awaits next post saying "so I tipped the pot out onto my head, is that right?" or something like that
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johnlenham 4,000 posts
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Registered 14 years agoHaha afraid not.
Managed to get a fair bit of the liquid out though it does smell bloody nice
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dr_swin 4,929 posts
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Registered 16 years agosmooth pete.
how many people does your casserole serve? I would like my wife to make that for my family.
are there no other liquids in it apart from the guinness? -
smoothpete 37,743 posts
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Registered 17 years agodr_swin wrote:
Nope, just guinness. It will feed about 4 people, less if you're greedy people like me
smooth pete.
how many people does your casserole serve? I would like my wife to make that for my family.
are there no other liquids in it apart from the guinness? -
johnlenham 4,000 posts
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Registered 14 years agoShes coming along nicely
Keep checking every hour and it gets nicer everytime (ofc) the potato ontop has gone all soft and the smell is just lush.
Do i dare put Cheese on top like suggested? -
smoothpete 37,743 posts
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Registered 17 years agoI would leave that right until the end, sprinkle on the grated cheese then whack it under a blazing hot grill for a couple of minutes -
Onny 5,695 posts
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Registered 16 years agoIMO cheese has no place with a stew. Beef + cheddar = lose. -
President_Weasel 12,355 posts
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Registered 17 years agosmoothpete wrote:
I would leave that right until the end, sprinkle on the grated cheese then whack it under a blazing hot grill for a couple of minutes
Photo of the finished product and an after-action report please. -
smoothpete 37,743 posts
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Registered 17 years agoI'm concerned about the lack of onion -
None of the rest of them can cook, so they can marvel at his culinary skills, onion or no.
Onion is for next time, that and dumplings.
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