Beef and Vegetable Stew

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recipe by Kenwood https://kenwoodworld.com/

  • Time icon
    Total Time
    5hrs 0mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    8
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    584
based on 30 ratings

A traditional slow cooked beef dish with winter root vegetables and herbs, traditionally served with suet dumplings on top - we recommend using our recipe for Herb dumplings. This casserole can also be frozen in portions.

recipe updated Sep 4, 2024

Ingredients

  • Beef icon
    Beef
    1 kg
  • Unsalted butter icon
    Unsalted butter
    20 g
  • Onion icon
    Onion
    300 g
  • Carrot icon
    Carrot
    350 g
  • Leek icon
    Leek
    240 g
  • Rutabaga icon
    Rutabaga
    450 g
  • Parsnip icon
    Parsnip
    240 g
  • All purpose flour icon
    All purpose flour
    150 g
  • Black pepper icon
    Black pepper
    2 teaspoons
  • Salt icon
    Salt
    1 teaspoon
  • Vegetable oil icon
    Vegetable oil
    20 g
  • Vegetable oil icon
    Vegetable oil
    1 tablespoon
  • Salt & pepper icon
    Salt & pepper
    2 teaspoons
  • Water icon
    Water
    40 g
  • Tomato paste icon
    Tomato paste
    2 tablespoons
  • Red wine icon
    Red wine
    300 g
  • Bay leaves icon
    Bay leaves
    2
  • Mixed dried herbs icon
    Mixed dried herbs
    3 teaspoons
  • Celery salt icon
    Celery salt
    1 teaspoon
  • Fresh thyme icon
    Fresh thyme
    6 sprigs
  • Beef stock icon
    Beef stock
    900 g
  • Yeast extract icon
    Yeast extract
    2 teaspoons
  • Worcestershire sauce icon
    Worcestershire sauce
    2 tablespoons
  • Cornflour icon
    Cornflour
    3 tablespoons
  • Water icon
    Water
    2 tablespoons

Tools

  • kCook icon Cooking Chef XL
  • kCook icon Bowl - large
  • kCook icon Cooking chef xl bowl
  • kCook icon Medium bowl
  • kCook icon Small bowl

Step preview

  1. Add flour, 2 tsp of black pepper, 1 tsp of salt and beef into a large bowl
  2. Mix gently until combined
  3. Add the beef in the bowl
  4. Mix until well coated and set aside
  5. Attach the Stir Tool
  6. Add vegetable oil and unsalted butter to the Cooking Chef XL Bowl
  7. Lift the Cooking Chef head and fit the heat shield
  8. Heat with the splashguard until melted - 2 min, 120°C, Speed OFF
  9. Transfer one third of beef to Cooking Chef XL Bowl
  10. Cook until browned - 6 min, 160°C, Intermittent speed 2
  11. Transfer the cooked beef to a large bowl
  12. Transfer another third of beef to Cooking Chef XL Bowl
  13. Cook until browned - 6 min, 160°C, Intermittent speed 2
  14. Transfer the cooked beef to the large bowl
  15. Transfer the last third of beef to Cooking Chef XL Bowl
  16. Cook until browned - 6 min, 160°C, Intermittent speed 2
  17. Transfer the cooked beef to the large bowl
  18. Add vegetable oil to the Cooking Chef XL Bowl
  19. Heat until hot - 2 min, 180°C, Speed OFF
  20. Then add onion, carrot, leek, salt & pepper, water and tomato paste to the Cooking Chef XL Bowl
  21. Cook with splashguard fitted - 12 min, 180°C, Stir 2
  22. Then add the red wine, bay leaves, dried herb mix, fresh thyme and celery salt to the Cooking Chef XL bowl
  23. Cook with splashguard fitted - 10 min, 180°C, Speed OFF
  24. Return the browned beef into the Cooking Chef XL bowl
  25. Add beef stock, yeast extract, Worcestershire sauce, swede and parsnip to the Cooking Chef XL bowl
  26. Cook with splashguard fitted - 6 min, 180°C, Stir 1
  27. Cook with the splashguard on until the vegetables are tender - 3 h 20 min, 100°C, Speed OFF
  28. Add cornflour and water to a clean small bowl
  29. Stir until combined
  30. Transfer cornflour mixture to Cooking Chef XL Bowl
  31. Cook until the sauce has thickened – 2 minutes, 105ºC, speed Stir 1
  32. Remove the bay leaves and the thyme stalks from the bowl
  33. If you want to add dumplings, remove the stirring tool
  34. Add the dumplings in the Cooking Chef bowl
  35. Remove the Stir Tool
  36. Cook until tender – 25 minutes, 100ºC, speed Off
  37. Serve
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