Tuesday, June 2, 2020

Cranberry Beef Stew with Mascarpone Mashed Potatoes

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Ingredients



For the cranberry beef stew




  • i 1/2
    teaspoons
    common salt, divided


  • one/2
    teaspoon
    pepper


  • one
    tablespoon
    olive petroleum


  • two
    pounds
    stew beef, cutting into chunks


  • one
    big sugariness onion, chopped


  • four
    cloves garlic, minced


  • viii
    ounces
    cremini mushrooms, quartered


  • three
    carrots, peeled too cut into i ane/ii inch pieces


  • 2
    cups
    fresh cranberries


  • 2
    cups
    beef broth


  • 3
    tablespoons
    love apple paste


  • three/4
    loving cup
    cherry vino*


  • two
    tablespoons
    pure maple syrup


  • 2
    bay leaves


  • two
    sprigs fresh thyme


  • 3
    tablespoons
    all role flour


  • 2
    teaspoons
    chopped fresh rosemary, addition extra for serving




For the mascarpone mashed potatoes




  • two i/2
    pounds
    yukon golden potatoes, cutting into ane one/ii'' chunks*


  • iii/4
    loving cup
    whole milk


  • four
    cloves garlic, peeled


  • four
    ounces
    mascarpone cheese, softened to room temperature


  • i/two
    teaspoon
    table salt, or to taste


  • freshly cracked black pepper to gustatory modality





Instructions



For the cranberry beef stew




  1. Heat a big skillet over medium-high heat. Add the olive rock oil. Season the beef alongside 1/2 teaspoon of the table salt and the pepper. Add to the skillet and sear on all sides until browned, about iv-5 minutes. Transfer the beef to your boring cooker.




  2. Add the onion, garlic, mushrooms, carrots, cranberries, beef broth, tomato plant paste, ruddy vino, maple syrup, bay leaves, as well as thyme sprigs to the wearisome cooker too stir to combine. Cook on high for iv-five hours or on depression for vii-8 hours.




  3. When the stew has about 30 minutes left, scoop out 2/three loving cup of the cooking liquid and mix it together alongside the flour until smoothen. Pour dorsum into the slow cooker together with stir to combine. At this time, sometimes I add another handful of cranberries for a little popular of vivid color! Totally optional though! Cook for the remaining xxx minutes or until thickened.




  4. Once finished, stir in the fresh rosemary and remaining teaspoon of table salt. You may want to start alongside 1/two a teaspoon and become from there. Season to gustatory modality alongside pepper likewise! Serve the stew over the mashed potatoes together with garnish amongst extra chopped rosemary and/or a rosemary sprig!






For the mascarpone mashed potatoes




  1. Add the potatoes to a large pot too embrace with H2O. Season the H2O liberally alongside a teaspoon or so of common salt. Bring to a boil in addition to ready for twenty minutes roughly, or until potatoes are tender.




  2. While potatoes are boiling, rut the milk too garlic in a pocket-size saucepan over medium-high heat until it comes to a simmer (watch carefully, the milk tin burn down apace!). Once simmering, bring down oestrus to medium-depression, too let the milk too garlic steep for xv-20 minutes, while the potatoes are cooking. Once finished, discard the garlic cloves.




  3. Drain the potatoes together with add together them back into the pot. Add the milk, the mascarpone, too common salt, too mash amongst a potato masher until desired consistency is reached. Season to sense of taste amongst additional common salt too pepper if desired!







Recipe Notes


*I similar to function role a full-bodied, dry crimson wine for this recipe, something like a cab, Castilian scarlet, or ruddy blend! Make certain it's something you lot enjoy drinking on its ain - the flavour volition intensify!

*I like to go on the peel on my potatoes, but you tin pare them if y'all prefer it. You may necessitate to add a footling less milk if you lot pare them since at that place volition be less volume - only first with virtually one-half as well as get from at that place! For me, this was half-dozen medium/large yukon golds.





Overhead shot of a bowl of mashed potatoes topped with beef stew and a rosemary sprig with a gold spoon in the bowl



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