What goes with beef stew except mashed potatoes?

[Sinalley1]

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

I put new potatoes in mine

do i need to add any more stock or anything before putting the stew under a pastry lid? Or just that and whack it in oven?

If there are enough juices I just add the lid. If not, I make up some instant gravy, mix all together once gravy is cool, then add lid. If you don’t let the gravy cool before you add to the rest, you get a soggy lid

I was going to say pie.
I tend to cook the pastry seperatly in the oven, and heat the stew on the hob. Then put stew on the plate, and 'top' with the pastry.

I would drop some gnocchi in, buy really made in any supermarkets. Any you don’t use in can be frozen, and they also freeze cooked OK as part of any surplus stew. I think they are a store cup stable.

great with pearl barley either chucked I nwith it or cooked in some veg stock perhaps with onions and garlica dn celery.yum
dumplings
crust rolls or bread
saute,roast.boiled potatos
hedgehog potats are amazing
dauphinoise.
giant couscous.
on toast.
tortilini
basically anything!

I like the pastry on top touching the juices.i love that layer on the bottom that sogged with gravy!

Crusty bread and dumplings

Mashed carrots and turnips (with plenty of salt, pepper and butter).

Yorkshire pudding or pancakes