Winter venison stew

When it's cold and damp it's nice to do the domestic things. I really enjoy cooking when I'm in the mood and it's much easier to be in the mood when there is someone to cook for. I don't tend to follow recipes though I read them for inspiration. As a result I sometimes make something tasty and totally forget what I did with it. I thought it might be good to write down my recipe here and then you can try it if you like and I can go back and see what I did. Tesco sells the diced venison relatively cheaply - £2.99 for 300g and that's what I used.

Ingredients

300g diced venison

1 small red onion

1 large leek

2 large carrots

Some chopped kale or cabbage

1/3 of a medium turnip

mixed dried beans (soaked overnight and almost cooked)

2 large cloves garlic

1 green chili

1 heaped teaspoon cumin

1 tin tomatoes

olive oil

1 oxo cube

1 tablespoon Bisto low salt gravy granules

2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar

Chop all the veg. Heat olive oil in wok/saucepan and add chopped onion. Allow to soften and then add leek, chopped garlic, chili and cumin seeds. Cook for a few minutes then add venison and brown. Once browned add some water. Now add carrot, turnip, beans, kale, tomatoes, stock cube and bisto. Cook for about 2 - 2 1/2 hours. About half an hour before the end of cooking stir in the balsamic vinegar. We had it with brown basmati rice. It was really yummy! Would be nice with beef too.

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It's been a really lovely weekend so far and it's not over yet. I have some apple left and small apple tarts are coming soon :-)