Bone & muscle strength Beef shin & ale stew with cheddar dumplings
A three-hour beef shin stew under light cheddar-thyme dumplings; the clocks-go-back dinner.
Greens & Gruyere toastie with quick tomato soup
The grown-up lunch pairing: kale and Gruyere pressed toastie beside a ten-minute tomato soup.
Ingredients
Servings 2
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Method
- Step 1
Simmer garlic (in the oil), tomatoes, stock and sugar 10 minutes; blitz with balsamic.
- Step 2
Butter the bread outside; mustard inside. Fill with Gruyere and kale.
- Step 3
Press in a pan 3 minutes a side.
- Step 4
Halve into the soup.
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Nutrition per serving
| Calories | 520 kcal |
|---|---|
| Protein | 23g |
| Carbohydrates | 44g |
| – of which sugars | 10g |
| Fibre | 5g |
| Fat | 29g |
| – of which saturates | 14g |
| – of which omega-3 | 0.3g |
| Calcium | 480mg |
| Iron | 3mg |
| Salt | 1.5g |
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