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Hearty Beef Stew Dinner

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Level 4: Extremely Thick / Pureed · 40 min (after the stew) · serves 1 + the family

Hearty Beef Stew Dinner prepared as an illustrative IDDSI Level 4 serving
Serving illustration. Follow the measurements below and run the IDDSI test before serving.

The family’s version

  • Slow-simmered beef stew
  • Carrots, potatoes, peas
  • Crusty bread
  • Rich gravy

The Level 4 version

  • 250 g stewed beef, very tender
  • 150 g cooked potatoes and carrots from the pot
  • 200 ml warm stew gravy, strained
  • 1 tbsp butter
  • Commercial thickener as needed
Convert it
  1. Make the family stew as usual. Low and slow until the beef falls apart.
  2. Blend the beef with warm strained gravy until completely smooth; it should mound on a spoon, not pour.
  3. Blend the vegetables separately with butter and a little gravy; sieve to catch any pea skins or fibers.
  4. If any liquid weeps out as it sits, stir in a touch of thickener and re-check.
  5. Plate as separate mounds and run the spoon tilt test on each component before serving. No bread on this plate.
EquipmentHigh-speed blender, sieve, optional purée molds
SLP tipBlend components separately: a single brown purée reads as 'mystery food,' but three distinct mounds still look like stew night.

Before serving: run the spoon tilt and fork drip tests on the finished plate. Recipes guide you to a texture. Only the test confirms it.

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