Winter stew recipes

Use your slow cooker to make this beef stew so it will be ready for when you get home after a long day. Nothing says winter warmer quite like a stew

What's more comforting on a cold winter night than beef and ale stew with buttery mash? You can make this stew ahead and freeze it for busy weeknights

The pearl barley makes this stew really hearty - perfect for a cold winter evening

Use butter beans to soak up the flavour of spicy sausages in this comforting stew. It's ideal for winter evenings and it takes less than an hour to cook

With sweet, slow-cooked carrots and beautifully tender meat, this beef and stout stew is comfort in a pot. Serve with creamy parsnip mash for a warming meal.

Venison benefits from long, slow cooking, and this Scottish dish develops a beautifully earthy sweetness – try it as an alternative to turkey, or for Hogmanay

Middle neck or scrag end of lamb are flavoursome cuts and perfect for braising in this traditional slow cooked Irish stew. It contains filling pearl barley, too

Get all five of your five-a-day in this tasty balsamic beef stew accompanied by the ideal comfort food – a veggie mash – perfect for chilly weather

A classic one-pot is the easy answer to mid-week cooking- hearty, filling, warming and packed full of veggies

Try an alternative to root veg in stews, with pumpkin. Our beef and pumpkin stew is a great way to use up the flesh of leftover pumpkins

A warming bowl of this comforting vegan sausage casserole is the perfect antidote to chilly nights. This easy family dinner is great for feeding a crowd

A simple, filling storecupboard chipolata stew that can be whipped up in minutes or slow cooked for hours

Try our comforting twist on a traditional beef hotpot to warm up those chilly midwinter evenings. Serve with buttered greens on the side, if you like

Warm up with our easy slow cooker lamb stew, with aromatic spices and bags of flavour. This simple, crowd-pleasing dish takes just 10 minutes to prep

Thrifty lean mince makes a great base for a hearty family casserole - serve this one-pot with seasonal greens

Enjoy this chicken, bean and kale one-pot for a hearty family stew with a smoky paprika flavour. Serve with some crusty garlic bread to soak up the juices

This warming crowd-pleaser is full of flavour and goodness. Use just one type of bean if you don't have two, and substituting cider with extra stock will also work well

This healthy pork and apple stew has herby dumplings that soak up all the flavours of cider and mustard, and it's 3 of your 5-a-day

Providing an impressive five of your 5-a-day in each portion, this filling vegan stew is low calorie and low fat, and also provides fibre, vitamin C, iron and calcium

Slow-cooked oxtail is soft, melting meat and teamed with this rich red wine sauce it's perfect for parties

A comforting, quick stew for all the family, cooked all in one pot

When on a budget, try whipping up this hearty and cheap midweek stew

Spicy chorizo sausage adds a punch of flavour to this hearty one-pot with chopped tomatoes, Savoy cabbage and baby potatoes