Five Spice Beetroot And Gammon Stew {GF, Recipe Video}
Fall autumn recipe idea : A warming and fragrant five spice beetroot and gammon stew recipe
Fall autumn recipe idea : A warming and fragrant five spice beetroot and gammon stew recipe
Erm, yeah. I had and have this thing going on with beetroot.
Let me just rewind to my ‘before beetroot’ years. When, I definitely had an ‘urrrrg’ beetroot thing. Along with phrases like if beetroot did not exist the world could definitely be a better place. You have GOT to be kidding if you think I am eating THAT.
Fast forward to my after beetroot years. My happy place. My ‘why did I miss out on the taste of beetroot all these years. My how can I make up for it thinking. My happy dance moments because the kiddoes love them some beetroot and cabbage slaw ‘without that thing (aka spring onions) that hurts our mouths mama’.
I am certainly making up for it now. My beetroot thing is becoming a big thing in the house. So much so that Freddy makes sure that we never ever run out of beetroot. I am talking about a hundred beetroot recipes including cardamom beetroot cupcakes, maple balsamic roasted beetroot and polenta, spicy beetroot soup and beetroot as stock in a purple potato and beef curry. Oh beetroot, I do have a thing for you.
My latest thing is this five spice beetroot and gammon stew recipe. Totally combines my beetroot thing with my other things aka gammon and five spice.
You can so see why this is one of my favourite autumn recipes at the moment. I love the slight sweetness from the beetroot, the smokiness from the gammon, fragrance from the five spice and that full belly feeling from the borlotti beans. Yeap, all the things that autumn dinners should be about.
I have totally got your back with this five spice gammon stew with lots and lots and lots of beetroot and beans.
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Five Spice Beetroot And Gammon Stew {GF}
Ingredients
- 1 onion roughly chopped
- 200 g (7oz) uncooked beetroot peeled and roughly chopped
- 2 garlic cloves minced
- 1 tsp veg oil
- 200 g smoked gammon with rind on
- 1 tsp five spice powder
- 2 X 400g (14oz) tins of borlotti beans rinsed and drained
- 400 ml chicken stock cups, maybe little less stock??
- 0.25 tsp brown sugar
- 1 tbsp fish sauce
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to fan-assisted 160C / 180C / 350F / gas 4.
- Add the onion, garlic and beetroot into a blender and whizz into a puree.
- Heat oil in an oven ready casserole pot and brown the gammon, before quickly mixing in the Chinese five spice. Remove the gammon and set aside.
- Add the beetroot onion puree and cook for 5 mins before returning gammon to the pot.
- Add everything else in, mix well and bring to the boil before switching off the heat.
- Cover the casserole pot, transfer to the preheated oven and cook for 1 hr.
This looks incredible! What a gorgeous color, too. Five spice is one of my favorites to cook with and I’m always looking for new ways to use it. Thanks for sharing this!
I just got a thermos so I can start having soups for lunch, I’ll have to add this one to the line up!
I love beet roots (I like the greens, too.) The nutritional value is amazing. I seldom see them in the stores, but when I find some nice ones, I snatch them up. That stew must be so fragrant. Wish we could smell it over the internet!
I have never made this buy boy does this look tempting!
Looks really comforting and lovely, I love the colour! What a wonderful way to cook with beets, it gets such a bad rap sometimes.
My Mum loves beetroot and adds to many Russian salads and soups, but I don’t use it as much as I would’ve liked to. This dish looks so comforting, I bet it tastes amazing with all the spices!
Oh yum I can almost taste this now. Love beetroot but never cooked with gammon before – definitely keen to experiment. And how good are borlotti beans? Awesome combo. 🙂
I’m iffy about beetroot.. but I suspect I just haven’t tried it with the right seasoning! I need to try this!
I was iffy about beetroot. Give it a try. For real
I love beets. And this sounds amazing. All those flavors and all that yumminess in one comforting pot!
I hope you try and like it.
Sounds delicious and unusual. Thanks so much.
It is – unusual in a very good way.
Yum what a comforting stew! I love this idea for cold evenings.
Thank you.
I bet this tastes delicious with all the spices. I have to admit I never think of using beetroot in many dishes but you’ve definitely inspired me!!
My work here is done 🙂