What goes with beef stew except mashed potatoes?

[Sinalley1]

DS hates lentils and mashed potatoes. What else can I do with a stew?

Doughballs Dumplings
Dumplings are suet and flour - the true topping for a stew

Cheese scones are a big hit here with stew

Or a big slab of bread

Pappardelle, or you could add some water and have it as soup (with crusty (preferably sourdough) bread

Yorkshire puddings

Celeriac mash? Loads green veg?

Or as a calzone using a pizza base

Rice or jacket potato

Buttered macaroni

Home made focaccia

Giant yorkshire pud and dumplings.

I make stew with potatoes, whole chantenay carrots and whole shallots so it's dead chunky anyway, no need for anything else really.

Gnocchi

Obviously Yorkshire pudding!!

Balonz!

Dumplings and tiger bread. And if there's potatoes in that there stew (and there better be potatoes!) you get to hit the triple carb siren!

We had beef stew with Yorkie puds tonight, amazing!

Wow! Some great suggestions! I think he'd love Yorkshire puddings.

I've never made dumplings. Easy?

Very easy. Suet, flour and water basically. You can add different herbs for flavour but I like them nice and basic.

The recipe is on the back of the atora (the suet) packet.

I've never made dumplings. Easy?

Yes. The trick is to put the lid on and leave them be to steam. Don't peek a look to see if they are done.
Left alone = light and fluffy. Peek a look = solid and lumpy

A blatant derail but my DS loved Yorkshire puds. Also couldn't take buttered bread (texture). He went though the primary years with packed lunches in a flask: all time favourite was tub of cold Yorkshires with a flask of hot stew to pour over. I batch cooked so probably easier than sandwiches!

Definitely dumplings or Yorkshire pudding.

Turn it into Teviotdale Pie

www.cookitsimply.com/recipe-0010-012q514.html

So the stew was nice; DS 'sort of liked it.' He loved the yorkshires!

I want to turn the leftovers into a pie - basically stick a flaky pastry lid on top.

Will that ruin the meat? I'll have to reheat the meat anyway.

I do this all the time with this sort of thing. Just top with store bought puff pastry.

Perfect. Thanks Weenurse. x