Making Westfall Stew from the World of Warcraft Cookbook!
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
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In todays video I am making Westfall Stew from the World of Warcraft Official Cookbook!
Westfall is one of my favorite zones from WoW, especially in WoW Classic! I have so much nostalgia for the zone and the quests there. From collecting oats for Old Blanchy, to killing murlocs on The Longshore, or collecting Bandanas from the Defias and of course running Deadmines with your first group.
Westfall Stew is such an iconic quest, and I've been wanting to make this WoW cookbook recipe for so so long!
I hope you enjoy :)
Here's the full recipe from the cookbook:
Ingredients:
2 pounds quality stew beef, cut into bite-sized pieces
Salt and pepper
½ cup diced bacon
2 tablespoons butter, divided
1 pound button mushrooms, sliced
1½ cups peeled pearl onions
1 tablespoon brown sugar
¼ cup flour 4 cups beef broth
2 cups red wine
1 teaspoon Northern Spices (page 20)
6 carrots, peeled and cut into bite-sized pieces
1 garlic head, cloves separated and peeled
1 cup pearled barley
2 bay leaves
1 tablespoon minced fresh parsley
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 475°F. Toss the beef with the salt and allow to sit at room temperature for 30 minutes.
Scatter the bacon in a 9 x 12-inch baking pan with tall sides, along with 1 tablespoon butter, and cook for about 15 minutes, until the fat has rendered out. While the bacon is cooking, toss the mushrooms and pearl onions with the tablespoon of remaining butter and the brown sugar, and spread out on a baking sheet. Cook this for about 15 minutes until the liquid released by the mushrooms has mostly evaporated and the onions are slightly glazed. Remove to a bowl and set aside until the stew is nearly finished.
Reduce oven temperature to 325°F. Gradually add the flour to the hot pan with the bacon and bacon fat, whisking until there is no more flour visible. Gradually whisk in the broth, half the red wine, and the spices. Layer the carrots, garlic, barley, and bay leaves in the pan with the broth, then lay the stew meat over top of that. Pour in enough water to come most of the way up the meat, but not cover it. Cook for 1½ to 2 hours, then stir. Cook for another hour, stir, then add the remaining wine and the reserved onions and mushrooms. Cook for a final 30 minutes, then remove from oven. Discard the bay leaves, dish into serving bowls, and sprinkle with parsley.
TIPS FROM ME:
100% I would recommend to prep and cut EVERYTHING before you get started. It can get a little stressful needing to peel onions and garlic... to cut mushrooms and carrots all while everything starts happening so fast!
I personally think it could use more bacon, it only says 1/2 a cup, but I think I would use 1 cup, or even the whole package of bacon if you really like it haha
Also I found 475 to be wayyy too hot for the bacon and mine totally burnt after the 15 minutes. I tried it again and set it around 375-400 range and kept an eye on it, checking every 5 minutes.
(My oven might just get too hot, so its up to you)
P.S I forgot to add the parsley garnish on top of mine because I was just so excited to try it lol
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Ladysurvivals Husband here, The stew was actually pretty good! ❤🍜🐸
aww thanks babe! 🖤🖤 im glad we got to share it together for Christmas 💜
The fact that the game has actual food recipes you can cook irl is awesome, gotta say that stew looks delicious
its so cool right?! cant wait to make more. thanks :D
Haha the tiny whisk! The corkscrew! You did a great job and it looks amazing.💜💜 I made the stew a couple weeks ago and it was soo delicious! My husband forced himself to have 3 bowls that night because it was so addicting.
But I made it easier on myself by getting a big bag of bacon bits from Costco (they actually make that!) getting a frozen bag of pearl onions (already peeled) and washing/chopping all of the ingredients ahead of time. I know it can seem tedious, but I romanticize the process by putting on music, lighting a candle, and pouring myself a glass of wine while I prep. I also ignored the whole oven thing and just made it in a pot on the stove, and I didn't bother measuring the bacon because... well...bacon's delicious.
i love the measuring cups/spoons!! 💜
such a bummer about the bacon but i’m glad you had more >_<
having everything peeled and cut ahead of time is a great tip, it helps sooo much. next time will definitely go smoother. :)
the struggle to open the wine XD
the northern spices 🥺🥺🥺
you were so cute putting in the bay leaves hehe 💜
i love the little tips you added with the text throughout the video and the westfall stew description was so adorable.
i’m so so glad you liked it! i absolutely want to try making it.
this was such a good video. 💜💜💜
oh im SO glad i had more bacon haha that would have really sucked otherwise XD
yesss omg and literally you are the one who told me that tip too.. like i should know this (i do know this) but every time i go to cook i always manage to skip preparing stuff and ALWAYS regret it 🤣
oh man the wine was a fun adventure for sure XD i am wine noob
thank you so much aww 💜💜
a cooking video? awesome!
I know! They’ve become one of my favorite Brooke videos.
hell yea!! it was so fun to do a proper cooking video!! cant wait to do more 🖤🖤
@@Ritsukaberry ahhhh im so happy you like them!!! definitely more to come :D
That's nice I'm glad it turned out good 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 As someone that cooks all the time the best thing is to prepare all your ingredients ahead of time that is very true because it makes it easier. You could've seared the beef for a couple minutes to get some color with the garlic, onions & cook the alcohol off of the wine in a skillet with high sides for a deeper flavor before putting it into the pot for finishing. Also a Soup or Crock Pot would be good as well instead of a roasting pan. Just some tips 👍🏻
100% the best way to do it. i feel like i should know this by now but every time i cook i feel too "lazy" to do it XD but yea its probably worth it for sure
yes i agree too about searing it. will try that next time. thanks for all the great tips!
@@LadySurvival I have been cooking for a long time and I absolutely love it I started when I was really young like 9. If you want I can recommend some UA-cam channels it just depends on what kind of food you like country-wise
Can't believe someone actually did it!!!, I can die in peace now.
making the westfall stew? :) i mean theres definitely other videos on it but hey im glad you liked it :D
Haha this was so entertaining! The bacon, the wine 😅 im so glad it tasted good!
hahaha im glad you enjoyed it!!! definitely a few funny moments lmaoo
me too :D
Appreciate the walkthrough! I was a little unclear on how many pans were involved in the process but I'm glad you basically had the same idea as me (throwing everything into a roasing dish/la creuset pot) and it turned out fine! Going to be making this tomorrow, super keen.
oh you're welcome!! yea i was kinda confused at first with that too, glad we had the same idea haha :) good luck and enjoy!
That was so interesting to watch 😍
glad you liked it!!
Hey! Sik video, I met your friend on wow and he mentioned your Channel after I talked about the recipe books, you’ve got a sub
oh wow thats so awesome!!! thanks checking it out!!
Love the cooking video! This stew sounds super good, gonna have to try it out sometime!! As a side note, I love how your extensions make a pretty ombre effect with your darker hair!
thank you so mcuh! Glad you enjoyed it, and hope it turns out great for you too when you try it in the future :)
oh thank you!!! i thought it looked kinda cool too. im probably going to dye those extensions the plum color soon so it matches even better :D
@@LadySurvival that'll be so pretty!
cant believe theres an actual westfall stew recipe, im gonna try making it some time lol
oh i know right?! its so much fun making WoW themed things
good luck when you do!
Happy Christmas lady survival i wish you the best 2024 you are such a genuine lovable person love your videos
Thank you so much! Happy Christmas to you too!!! wishing you all the best. you're so very kind and i appreciate your words! 🖤🖤
@@LadySurvival the world needs more genuine sweethearts like you
You didn't remain seated while eating! - Have to eat another one I guess. :P
Tack för videon!
hahaha omg so true!! XD thanks
wow, like that gray ceramic cookie holder with ur spoons in it. like anything gray cause gray glows purple in black ( ultraviolet ) lamp. as a male, I prefer anything gray or metallic silver cause it allows me to enjoy color purple tone w / out actually getting girlish purple tone
oh thanks haha i got it from walmart :P
For those who don't like wine, in cooking, it just brings a lot of extra flavor, acidity, maybe a little sweetness and depth to your dish, but you have to let it cook for a long time. It won't taste "winey", alcoholic, just makes the meaty sauce taste more meaty :)
Ahhhhhh!!!!!!!! You burned the bacon! Nooo!!! J/K!😂
Looks great, nice job Brooke! I have tried that wine before and it's nasty because of the sulfates in it. I started making my own wine in 2014.
Keep doing these WOW recipes! Great video!😊❤
omg lmaoo i know right XD i couldnt believe it!!
thank you so much :)
ahhhh okay well that makes sense then, i guess i should maybe try some other wine and see if i like it any better.
i will!! thanks
@@LadySurvival the liquor stores here sell Mead. It would be a tastier option to try! I also make mead, it's a basic honey-wine.
This is awesome, and the stew looks really delicious! But I gotta say the recipe itself seems a little bit odd, I made many a stew in my life and would have never thought of cooking it in the oven 😶🌫️ I just do everything on the stove, slowly simmering it covered (it may cook quicker this way); even the bacon could probably be fried on the stove instead of broiled in the oven, and u can use the same cookpot to cook the bacon and to simmer the actual stew in afterwards. The veggies do make sense baking in the oven from a texture perspective tho. There may be a good reason why the recipe woul call for oven, so if I am missing something, please let me know 😊
you're definitely right, i havent made stew in the oven before either. i didnt really think much of it cuz i was just following the directions and was so excited haha
but yea tbh, i think next time i would just do it on the stove. im sure it would turn out just as good if not better! and would probably be easier that way too.
nope i dont think you're missing anything :) thanks for the comment :D
I love this. You’re great. Stay motivated
thank you so much!! comments like these help me keep going :D
I know this is absolutely random but can you please make a whole video about your move from Canada to the states? I wanna live somewhere else one day, like Europe or something. ❤
that could be a fun video! I wish i made it a few years ago when the move was more fresh in my mind/more relevant. but i could try to do something like that at some point :D would be fun to talk about
I've always done bacon in the oven at 400F for 20 minutes, not sure how that would go being cut into pieces.
She must have jumped out from my coloring book from kindergarten
How do you get the cook book?
heres a link to the cookbook i got! its the same one with the apron too :)
amzn.to/4b4UPb1
I think that Chris Metzen had big plans for Warcraft in 1993 - but that it would have been enough for a cookbook would have blown his imagination
yes so true!!! pretty crazy how far WoW has come
Westfall Stew is bougie as hell. You're trying to tell me Vanessa VanCleef mass prepared this entire stew cooked with red wine vinegar and beef broth for all those homeless vagrants???
Great video btw, gonna send this to my girlfriend so she can make it!
hahaha thats funny to imagine Vanessa doing XD
thanks!! hope it turns out awesome for you guys too :D
Def plays nelf
haha yep night elf and blood elf! :D
Cooking momma
oooo hell yea haha XD
I love Westfall. So no boars? No quests for ingredients?😂
lmaoo i know right XD i wish i was more creative with making my videos.. i should have used a green screen to make it look like i was fighting some boars then come home like "all right we got all the ingredients now" lmaoo
like imagine if i did a little 15 - 30 second intro like that to make it more fun
@LadySurvival that would be next level. Swifty used to do little greenscreen tricks like that too. He was the original WoW UA-camr
I wonder why the cheff behind this evaded adding Okra to the recipe, maybe she thinks it doesn't work or whatever... And okay maybe we on earth wont be adding vulture flesh and fish eyes but, okra and snout exist!
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