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• Recipe Overview
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• Cuisine

  European >> Irish >> Irish

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Preheat oven to gas mark 5. | 2. Don't worry if you miss out this first step because of time. You will still get a good stew and sometimes it not practical nor to have enough room in the fridge to do this- Marinate the braising steak in the bourbon and Guinness for 4 hrs to overnight. | 3. Drain the steak from the marinade if using. If not, keep the bourbon and Guinness to one side to add to stew liquid. Pat the beef down with kitchen paper and toss in the flour mixed with salt and pepper until lightly coated. | 4. Heat the olive oil in a large frying pan. Add the bacon and cook for approx 5 minutes. | 5. Remove bacon leaving fat and oil, then add the meat in batches leaving for at least 30 second before turning the beef to allow a good brown crust to seal it (extra flavour for later in the stew. Cook for about 3-5 minutes until browned all over but not cooked. | 6. Place the bacon meat and oils into a large casserole dish. Add the chunky sliced veg LEAVING OUT MUSHROOMS, bourbon and Guinness, bouillon cubes, sugar, herbs and tomato paste. Top up with hot water if necessary. Cover with lid or foil depending on what you have got. Put in middle shelf of oven for approx 1.5- 2 hours. | 7. Place a large pan of kettle boiled water onto stove. Season with a a teaspoon of salt. Add potatoes. Ten minutes after potatoes have been on, add the kale or cabbage to the pan and cook for further 10 minutes until tender. | 8. Mash with milk and butter until creamy, adding more salt if you want. Mix in nutmeg; place lid on top to keep warm. | 9. Prepare the dumplings: Rub together the margarine, flour, salt, herbs and baking powder until it resembles breadcrumbs. If using cheese, add at this stage. Mix in a little water at a time using a knife until the mix forms a dough. Pinch out clumps of dough and roll into balls. | 10. Half an hour before you are ready to serve, remove lid and check consistency and flavor, adding mushrooms more salt pepper sugar as desired. If consistency is too thin, add gravy granules. If too thick, add a little more water. Place dumplings on top of stew and and put back in oven uncovered for half an hour. | 11. When you take it out, your stew should be thick but with enough juice to soak up your mash and your dumplings should be golden and fluffy. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
bourbon	50			3152.0833	0.0	701.25	17.7083
guinness stout	1	bottle		3152.0833	0.0	701.25	17.7083
onion	200		chopped	12800.0	2988.8	352.0	32.0
garlic clove	3	halved		3152.0833	0.0	701.25	17.7083
carrot	400		chopped	20992.0	4904.96	476.16	122.88
button mushroom	125			3152.0833	0.0	701.25	17.7083
beef bouillon cube	2			0.7	0.004	0.114	0.022000000000000002
leek	2		trimmed sliced	108.58	25.186999999999998	2.67	0.534
tomato paste	2	tablespoons		26.24	6.0512	1.3824	0.1504
sage	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
pepper	1/2			2.8865	0.7354	0.1195	0.0375
salt	1/2	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
balsamic vinegar	1	dash		-	-	-	-
plain flour	2	tablespoons		3152.0833	0.0	701.25	17.7083
shin beef	750		chopped	3152.0833	0.0	701.25	17.7083
bacon	275		diced	32109.0	98.56	971.74	3056.13
sugar	1	teapsoon		-	-	-	-
gravy	1	tablespoon		-	-	-	-
olive oil	1	tablespoon		119.34	0.0	0.0	13.5
flour	5	ounces		518.7957	113.5822	8.434	2.0128
baking powder	1/2	teaspoon		1.219	0.6371	0.0	0.0
margarine	2	ounces		202.75799999999998	0.2538	0.2538	22.701
salt	1/2	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
mature cheddar cheese	100	g		3152.0833	0.0	701.25	17.7083
herb	1	teaspoon	mixed	-	-	-	-
water	1	tablespoon		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
kale	200			1568.0	280.0	136.96	29.76
potato	500		peeled chopped	-	-	-	-
salt	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
milk	2	tablespoons		18.3	1.4340000000000002	0.945	0.981
margarine	2	tablespoons		202.75799999999998	0.2538	0.2538	22.701
nutmeg	1/4	teaspoon	ground grated	2.8875	0.2711	0.0321	0.1997

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.