For the main course for my Christmas menu, I also gave priority to a simple and cheap, yet tasty dish. Opinions differ, especially when it comes to meat substitutes, and not every substitute is liked by everyone. In addition, it is usually quite expensive. So why not serve a dish without any substitute?

With this malt beer mushroom ragout you not only have a relatively inexpensive dish, but also a very hearty one that does not miss any meat and is sure to taste good to everyone.

You can of course also make the dumplings yourself. However, I have not yet found a recipe that tastes better than the finished dumpling dough from the refrigerated shelf and thus justifies the extra effort.

For your menu planning: Start with the dessert and then prepare all the ingredients before the starter so that you can prepare the ragout and add the dumplings to the water while the starter steeps. The ragout can then simmer and the dumplings will steep while you are eating the soup.

Here’s the starter: Quick Vegetable Broth with Semolina Dumplings
And here’s the dessert: Fruity Speculoos and Strawberry Layered Dessert

Love,

Rina

Hearty Malt Beer and Mushroom Ragout

 

Aktiv

40 m

Passiv

20 m

Total

1 h

 

Autor/Author: Rina

Gang/Type: Main Dish

Ergibt/Yield: 2 Servings

Zutaten/Ingredients

For the ragout:

• 500 g (17.6 oz) brown, small mushrooms
• 2 carrots
• 1 small red onion
• 1 clove of garlic
• 100 g (3.5 oz) pickled onions
• 1 tbsp oil
• 1 tbsp tomato paste
• 1 heaped tsp flour
• 200 ml ( 1 cup minus 2 tbsp) malt beer
• 100 ml (1/2 cup minus 2 tbsp) of water
• 1 level teaspoon veggie stock paste
• 2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
• 1 tbsp soy sauce
• 1 tsp Italian herbs, dried
• 1/2 tsp thyme, dried
• pepper
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For the dumplings:

• 1/2 pk. ready to use dumpling dough

Zubereitung/Instructions

1. Clean the mushrooms and shorten the stems. Peel the carrots, quarter them lengthways and cut into pieces. Finely dice the onion. Press the garlic and drain and rinse the pickled onions.
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3. Heat the oil in a large saucepan and fry the mushrooms and diced carrots in it for about 5 minutes. Add onion and garlic and sauté briefly. Then add the pickled onions and stir in the tomato paste and sauté too.
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5. Dust with flour, stir briefly and deglaze with malt beer and water. Add veggie stock paste, balsamic vinegar, soy sauce, herbs and pepper and stir thoroughly. Let the ragout simmer for 40 minutes without a lid.
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7. Meanwhile prepare the dumplings. To do this, bring salted water to the boil in a large saucepan and then turn the stove down so that the water no longer boils.
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9. Between the palms of your hands shape the dough into small dumplings and place in the hot, salted water. Let it steep for about 20 minutes. Do not boil or they will fall apart.
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11. If necessary, season the ragout with salt and pepper and serve with the dumplings.

Tipps/Notes

If you like and have a great recipe, you can make the dumplings yourself from scratch. I haven't made any better homemade potato dumplings so far, so I always use dumpling dough from the refrigerated shelf. It's also much faster 😉

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