shire_kitchen | Bilbo's Underground Stew (Reply)

Hi, I just found this community. I've posted this recipe at Good Eating Hobbits, but thought I'd post it here, too.

I went for lunch recently at St. Martin's Table, a local church-run vegetarian restaurant which donates all tips to charities, and had a delicious bowl of Bilbo's Underground Stew. Yes, it was really called that. It was so good I asked to get the recipe and they gave it to me: enough to serve 60 people! However I was lucky enough to find the recipe for Bilbo's Underground Stew online here! And you can set it for as many or as few servings as you would like! This is the recipe as it serves six:

Bilbo's Underground Stew

Serves 6

8 cups Water

1 cup Peanuts (blanched)raw

3 cups Turnips chopped into bite sized chuncks

1 cup Red Onion diced

1 cup Organic Yellow Onion, diced

2 cups Organic Russet Potato, cut into large chunks

2 cups organic carrots sliced in 1/4 inch rounds

1½ cups jicama rutabaga parsnip sunchokes or any combination

1 cup organic beets, unpeeled, well scrubbed and cut in small chunks

1 cup organic green, sliced

2 cups water

1 TB minced garlic

1 TB dried parsley, crumbled

1 TB dried basil, crumbled

1 TB Spike Seasoning

2 TB Tamari

1/4 cup dried chives

4 TB butter or substitute

2 cups sour cream or substitute

Preparation

Bring water, peanuts, turnips, and red and yellow onion to a boil. Simmer, covered, stirring occasionally until vegetables break down and a slightly thickened broth forms, about 45 minutes. Add potatoes, carrots, rutabaga (or alternate vegetable), and water. Bring to a boil again, then simmer, covered, stirring occasionally, until potatoes are barely tender. Add beets, green onions, garlic, parsley, basil, Spike, and tamari, and simmer until beets are just tender. Soup will be a bright pink. Turn off heat. Stir in chives, butter, and sour cream, and let sit, covered, 5 minutes. Stir well and serve.

songbirds suggests 1 cup of cottage cheese blended with 2 tablespoons of milk and 1 tablespoon of lemon juice for a sour cream substitute (see http://recipestoday.com/resources/articles/subchart.htm). Several others have suggested a cup of yogurt.

It seemed perfect for this community, such a hobbity recipe, as well as a delicious way to make sure you eat your vegetables.