Today's cook completely inspired by WKC.

[Mr.CPHo]

Today was the coldest day of the year here in Jacksonville, Florida.  The only thing that got me out of my warm bed were the pictures of @geezer's dutch oven stew and the thought that I'd better thaw something quick if I wanted to make something similar.

I saw someone ask earlier if it was ok to use enameled cast iron, so figured I'd pull out from hiding this blue 7.25 qt le creuset dutch oven to use on a blue 22" OTG midget.
When I looked through the freezer, I decided I'd start the base of the stew by roasting marrow bones with root veggies , S&P, and rosemary.
While that was roasting on the red SSP, I cut up beef cheeks which are just awesome for braised stews.  This is about 3.5lbs untrimmed.This cross section shows the striations of fat throughout the meat.I applied liberal S&P to the cubed cheeks, dredged in flour, and browned all sides.  Usually this is the most time intensive step, but with the extra large lodge pan I did it in just two batches.
So now with all the components prepped, I was ready to assemble.Marrow bones on the bottom so that they'll stay intact and keep the beef cheeks above the liquid.Potatoes.Carrots.Onions.Where's the beef?Beef stock.Red wine.... uh... maybe a little more...Cover and watch some football.After a couple hours, stirred in some corn and peas.Another hour and it was ready to be served over white rice.
Thanks for the inspiration and thanks for looking.  Have a great week!


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[HoosierKettle]

Unbelievable. Great stuff and I love the midget. I plan on making a small fleet of midgets myself.


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[kettlebb]

Something amazing every day on these forums. I bet that was very rich and comforting to eat. Bravo!


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[Travis]

Love that cook and love that blue shorty. Nice job, bud


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[MikeRocksTheRed]

Wow!  That looks amazing.  Great write-up!!!  Loving that blue midget.

[WNC]

Ummm...that is so awesome!
Looks amazing

[greenweb]

Blue on Blue shorty looks amazing. Great cook out. Nicely done.

[JDann24]

I love that blue midget!

[captjoe06]

Those midgets of yours get me every time.  So awesome.  As usual, love the cooks you post with step by step instructions.  If you don't already a good way to keep a journal of your cooks and take note of what works and what you'd do differently is to do exactly what you do here on your own blog.  After a while you'll have a nice catalog of your cooks and Weber builds.


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[RottiGuy]

Wow looks great!!

[Geezer]

Man, that looks good!  That's the nice thing about these stews, you can alter, add, delete, substitute ingredients to you and your family's liking. 

[Davescprktl]

That looks amazing!  You are quite the chef!