beef stroganoff

j_r

Apr 12, 2015 at 2:54pm Edited

The impending return of Game of Thrones put me in the mood for beef stroganoff, but the recipe I tried (Pioneer Woman) is really bland. Shouldn't it have tomato paste? Paprika? Please share your favorite.

ictulips02

Apr 12, 2015 at 3:04pm

No and no. Not in my mother's, hers was equally bland. Lol. Don't have the recipe to hand, but it was never a favorite of mine. cheese

kmk

Apr 12, 2015 at 3:10pm

My husband just described a beef stew he had tonight in Jerusalem! He said the stew was pretty straight forward but it contained cinnamon and maybe cloves. What made it different was that his serving alone was delivered to the table with a giant mound of chopped fresh herbs to stir into it.
A very Ottolenghi kind of dish grin

j_r

Apr 12, 2015 at 3:21pm

I've become very fond of the parsley/mint/coriander combination in a lot of Ottolenghi recipes! I'm staging a comeback with the turkey zucchini meatballs, after two strikes this weekend, the stroganoff and a fairly wretched "chicken curry" from my beloved nytimes.com/cooking app.

aes

Apr 12, 2015 at 3:38pm

I like this recipe and it has tomato paste and paprika

http://www.realsimple.com/m/food-recipes/browse-all-recipes/beef-stroganoff

conandrob240

Apr 12, 2015 at 4:22pm

Never tomato sauce but I do use some paprika.

JCSO

Apr 12, 2015 at 4:49pm Edited

kmk said:
My husband just described a beef stew he had tonight in Jerusalem! He said the stew was pretty straight forward but it contained cinnamon and maybe cloves. What made it different was that his serving alone was delivered to the table with a giant mound of chopped fresh herbs to stir into it.
A very Ottolenghi kind of dish .

Oh God, I am swooning.

j_r

Apr 12, 2015 at 5:29pm Edited

@aes, you are on the right track. There is something about pan-roasting tomato paste that is transformative.

But I wonder if what I am looking for is something more like beef paprikash. (Is that a thing?)

PS @kmk, Clove Gum, clove cigarettes, whole cloves in oranges on the Christmas tree and ground cloves in the sugar cookies. Pumpkin pie spice! All good choices. But no cloves in beef stew. In my opinion.

PetuniaBird

Apr 15, 2015 at 10:56am

Are you thinking of Hungarian Goulash? It has paprika and tomato paste.

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/hungarian-goulash-i/

PeggyC

Apr 15, 2015 at 1:59pm

I've been thinking you could probably give the flavor a nice boost if you put in dried porcini. Ups the ante on the mushroom flavor in a big way.

oneofthegirls

Apr 15, 2015 at 2:16pm

PeggyC said:
I've been thinking you could probably give the flavor a nice boost if you put in dried porcini. Ups the ante on the mushroom flavor in a big way.

Ooh that sounds delicious. I do love beef stroganoff the traditional way. Mushrooms and beef with egg noodles and a dollop of sour cream. Yum!

sac

Apr 15, 2015 at 2:19pm

A good friend of mine makes yummy beef stroganoff and his recipe has tomato paste. I have it somewhere ...

j_r

Apr 15, 2015 at 5:59pm

Ooh, look at me with my_space. And I might be thinking about goulash, or paprikash.

MsSumida

Apr 16, 2015 at 7:29am Edited

j_r said:
The impending return of Game of Thrones put me in the mood for beef stroganoff, but the recipe I tried (Pioneer Woman) is really bland. Shouldn't it have tomato paste? Paprika? Please share your favorite.

I would not use Pioneer Woman as a source for recipes. Try epicurious.com (http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/beef-stroganoff-102134) or foodAndWine.com (http://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/beef-stroganoff)

While the Pioneer Woman my have a big following, her style of cooking and use of ingredients is not the most flavorful.

The NY Times has a great food app

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