Super Paper Mario: Saffron & Dyllis Super Show #94: Trial Stew

 Trial Stew is made from COUPLE'S CAKE and POISON SHROOM

Here we are, straight after the last recipe! We've got the rest of the mushrooms, ive thrown in some chopped ginger and wasabi for the full poison shroom experience. Now for the couples cake... wait, the couples cake? Remember that?

I ate it all a while back. But the couple's cake was made from the snow bunny recipes, which in turn were made from turtley leaf, pink apple, and ice storms. Sounds horrifying, but what if we just pick out the most stew-friendly interpretations of that...? Instead of an apple ice cream with mint leaves, we've got some plain cream, fresh apple and a bay leaf! Thats starting to sound... well, better...

I also kind of wanted to bulk this stew up into a proper meal, so i also bought a bunch of beef and a celeriac root! I've tipped the mushroom mix into a bowl for a moment so i can give these a proper browning and make sure the meat is cooked through. (Also if you don't know, a celeriac root is basically like a turnip that tastes like celery.)

Next we add in the apple and bay leaf, then we can add back in the rest of the ingredients and some hot water... and of course the cream!

Hmm, this is tasting a bit plain so far, so im going to throw in a vegetable stock cube and some pepper just in case. Trial stew indeed! What have i created?

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Oh! Its actually good. Ultimately ive just rounded it out into a creamy beef, veg and mushroom stew, with some slightly unorthodox but not too outlandish additions that go together just fine. I feel like you could simplify the recipe, like replace apple and wasabi with mustard and get a similar flavour for less work. Trial passed!