Stew With Prunes: A Step-by-step Recipe With A Photo, We Cook In The Oven, Slow Cooker And On The Stove

2024 Author: Bailey Albertson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 12:53

Aromatic and sophisticated: preparing stew with prunes

Dried fruits go well with different types of meat, giving it juiciness, spicy sweetish aftertaste and pleasant aroma. Prunes are especially popular with cooks, which can be stewed with both pork and beef, and with poultry - it always turns out delicious. Want to try?

Content

• 1 Quick and easy: turkey stew with prunes on the stove
• 2 As in a rustic oven: beef with prunes in a pot

• 3 No extra hassle: pork with prunes and mushrooms in a slow cooker

  3.1 Video: pork ribs with prunes

Quick and easy: turkey stew with prunes on the stove

This recipe is good when you need to cook dinner for the family, and time is running out. Half an hour - and the dish is ready.

You will need:

• 600 g turkey fillet;
• 200 g pitted prunes;
• 120 ml sour cream;
• 60–70 ml of vegetable oil;
• 100-150 ml of clean drinking water;
• bulb;
• greens to taste;
• spices - a mixture of peppers, paprika, curry, nutmeg, coriander, or ready-made poultry seasoning;
• salt.

Cooking.

1. Rinse the meat, dry and cut into small cubes.

   

   With turkey meat, the dish will turn out to be almost dietary.

2. Mix 1/3 of the oil with the selected spices, pour over the meat and set it aside for a while to marinate.

   

   You can add a couple of chopped green onion feathers or a sprig of dill to the marinade

3. Peel and chop the onion.

   

   Usually, it is advised to cut the onion into cubes for stewing, but this does not matter.

4. Soak prunes for 10-15 minutes, squeeze and cut into strips or cubes.

   

   Cut small prunes into quarters

5. Pour the rest of the oil into the pan, heat it well and reduce the flame. Throw the onion into the oil and, stirring continuously, fry it until transparent.

   

   The onion will become transparent and acquire a golden tint at the tips.

6. Place the pieces of meat in a skillet and sauté them with the onions, about 2 minutes on each side, for a delicious golden brown crust.

   

   As soon as the pinkish color of raw meat has faded, the pan can be removed from heat.

7. Boil the water.

   

   In order not to mess with the stove, just put on the tea

8. Add prunes to the meat, pour in boiling water, salt. Place a lid on the skillet and simmer for about 20 minutes.

   

   The kitchen will immediately be filled with an appetizing aroma

9. Pour sour cream to the meat, spreading it well over the pan with a spatula, return the lid to its place and continue stewing the turkey for another 5-7 minutes.

   

   Sour cream can be replaced with cream or, in extreme cases, with kefir

10. Extinguish the flame, let the meat stand for 10 minutes on the switched off stove, and in the meantime chop the herbs and sprinkle on the finished dish. You can call home to the table!

    

    Serve such meat with mashed potatoes

Just like in a rustic oven: beef with prunes in a pot

If you want to get truly tender and juicy meat that exudes fruit aroma and light bread flavor, use this recipe. Three main trump cards - prunes, beer and clay pots - together make this dish almost unique.

You will need:

• 1.5 kg of beef;
• 100 g pitted prunes;
• 3 onions;
• 2 medium carrots;
• 40-50 ml tomato paste;
• 500 ml of beer;
• 500 ml of water;
• 80-10 g butter;
• pepper or other spices to taste;
• salt.

Cooking.

1. Peel and dice the carrots.

   

   Do not make the pieces too large, they should be stewed well.

2. Peel the onion and chop it as you see fit.

   

   The culinary experts say that "onions love meat", but this time we will fry them separately

3. Soak prunes in hot water for 10 minutes, squeeze, dry, cut.

   

   Do not forget to squeeze and lightly dry the soaked fruits with a napkin

4. Wash the meat, cut into medium-sized cubes and fry in butter until golden brown.

   

   Roasting seals all juices in the meat

5. Put the beef in pots, salt and season with spices.

   

   You can add greens,

6. In the same skillet where the meat was just browned, fry the onion and send it next to the beef.

   

   Cover the meat with a layer of onion

7. The last layer will be carrots and prunes.

   

   This dish contains a whole collection of flavors

8. Dissolve the tomato paste in water and pour the mixture over the meat and vegetables.

   

   Water is needed so that the paste is evenly distributed among the meat and vegetables.

9. Pour equal amounts of beer into the pots, cover them with lids and send to the oven preheated to 180 °.

   

   Beef will turn out like from a Russian stove

10. Quality soft beef will be ready in an hour, old and tough in 1.5 hours.

    

    Beautiful presentation will make the dish even more appetizing

No extra hassle: pork with prunes and mushrooms in a slow cooker

If you have a slow cooker, and there is a bag of dried mushrooms in the closet, you can be sure: a delicious dinner is guaranteed.

You will need:

• 500 g of pork;
• 10 g pitted prunes;
• 500 g potatoes;
• 50 g dried mushrooms;
• bulb;
• 1-2 carrots;
• 3-4 st. l. butter;
• 50 ml tomato paste;
• 1-2 tbsp. l. water;
• salt.

Cooking.

1. Soak mushrooms for half an hour before starting cooking.

   

   If you are using fresh mushrooms, peel them instead of soaking, pour over them with boiling water and chop

2. Pour the prunes with boiling water, drain the water after 10 minutes, and cut the fruits into pieces.

   

   Preparation of prunes is standard: soaked, squeezed, sliced

3. Wash the meat, dry and cut into medium-sized cubes.

   

   If you like larger pieces, cut the meat into plates and beat, but the pieces are stewed better

4. All vegetables - potatoes, carrots, onions - peel and also cut into cubes, this time small.

   

   Potato cubes should be large, onions - small, carrots - as you like

5. Put the oil and meat in the multicooker bowl, set the "Fry" mode and fry the pork for 10 minutes, stirring it from time to time.

   

   Without roasting, the taste of meat will not be the same.

6. Remove the meat from the multicooker, and send vegetables in its place. The algorithm of actions is the same: "Fry" mode, 10 minutes.

   

   Remember to stir the vegetables with a spatula

7. Add all remaining ingredients to a bowl: pork, mushrooms, prunes, tomato paste, water, and salt. At the same stage, you can add spices if desired.

   

   Then the multicooker will do everything for you

8. Set the "Extinguishing" mode. The dish will be ready in 30 minutes.

   

   Bon Appetit!

A little about spices. Once in a restaurant I had a chance to taste a Greek stew with prunes and cinnamon, and the presence of the spice was felt very brightly. It was unusual but delicious. However, an attempt to reproduce the same food at home ended in a fiasco - the homemade peculiar rich aroma and unusual taste of meat did not like it. So, if you want to experience Greek cuisine, don't repeat my mistakes - experiment with small portions first.

Video: pork ribs with prunes

Sweet notes are regularly present in meat dishes. Dried fruits, honey and sugar set off the familiar taste of familiar dishes, saturating it with new shades. Do you want to cook something like that - unusual and interesting? Start your Meat + Sweet duo with recipes that include prunes. They are as simple and delicious as possible, you can be convinced by your own experience!