Hearty Vegan Stew
Hearty vegan stew Italian style including gnocchi dumplings, meaty jackfruit, carrots and peas along with a thick red wine gravy.
Prep Time15 minutes mins
Cook Time1 hour hr
Total Time1 hour hr 15 minutes mins
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Italian
Servings: 4
Calories: 508kcal
Author: Angela
- 1 yellow onion diced
- 1 cup fresh tomatoes diced
- 2 carrots sliced into rounds
- 1 tbsp smoked paprika you can sub sweet paprika
- 6 cups vegetable stock low sodium
- 1 lb gnocchi Italian potato dumplings
- ¾ cup frozen green peas (thawed out and rinsed)
- ⅓ cup fresh Italian parsley roughly chopped
- 8 sprigs fresh thyme
- 3 whole cloves
- 2 lb jackfruit pieces rinsed well
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 2 bay leaves
- ⅓ cup whole wheat pastry flour
- ⅓ cup red wine
- sea salt and black pepper to taste
Preheat a heavy bottom dutch oven over medium-low-heat and sautee the carrot and onion at a drop of oil or a dash of water till the onion is translucent.
Stir in the garlic and cook a couple of seconds till aromatic and then add the thyme, jackfruit bits, bay along with also the red-wine. Simmer till the wine is nearly evaporated.
Meanwhile whisk the flour with the vegetable-stock till blended and add it into the pot with all the jackfruit. Bring to a simmer and stir in the paprika and cloves.
Cook everything together for 45 minutes till the jackfruit is fork tender.
Stir in the tomatoes, gnocchi and green beans and cook a couple added minutes till the gnocchi float to the top and the green beans are cooked to your own liking.
Discard the thyme sprigs and whole-cloves and season the stew into a own taste with pepper and sea-salt.
Serve and stir with fresh parsley.