About Our TUSCAN BEEF STEW & italian POLENTA
- 1 Serving Backpacking Meal
- Dietary Considerations: meat dish (roasted beef)
- all-natural dehydrated and freeze-dried ingredients
- 560 calories
- 41 g protein
- Meal Net Weight: 5.0 oz | 145 g
- Meal Includes: seasoned beef stew mix; seasoned polenta
- Required: boiling water
- Recommended: long handled spoon; Cook-in-Cozy™
Remove
all interior polenta pouch and natural desiccants (2 total) from main meal pouch and polenta pouch.
Add
1-1/4 cups (10 oz / 296 ml) of boiling water to the main meal pouch and stir. Now add 1/2 cup (4 oz / 118 ml) of boiling water to the polenta pouch and stir.
Press
air from both pouches; seal and shake. Handle with care, pouch gets very HOT!
Top
your Beef Stew with dollops of Parmesan Polenta.
DIG IN!
to your Tuscan Beef Stew & Italian Polenta!
Ingredients & Nutrition
Ingredients:
Polenta, Roasted Beef (cooked beef, salt), Whole Milk, Organic Whole Kernel Yellow Corn, Potatoes, Beef Stock, Organic Carrots, Spices, Potato Starch, Red and Green Bell Peppers, Organic Carrot Granules, Tomatoes, Parmesan Cheese, Sweet Corn Puree, Green Beans, Organic Tomatoes, White Onion, Zucchini Squash, Tomato Pepper (garlic salt, organic tomato, annatto, garlic granules, cilantro), Celery, Salted Butter, Beet Puree, Sea Salt, Mushrooms, Lemon Juice, Red Burgundy Wine, Shallots, Spice, Sweet Basil, Organic Chives, Green Onions
Special Notes:
CONTAINS: Milk
PROCESSED IN A FACILITY THAT HANDLES WHEAT, EGG, MILK, SOYBEAN, PEANUT AND TREE NUT PRODUCTS.
Press Articles
The polenta is so much more satisfying than the typical mashed potatoes one would expect with stew. It is hardy, filling and doesn’t upset the stomach when hiking. It’s simply comfort food, but with spices and lots of flavor. A solid 2 thumbs up and we highly recommend it.
— Trail Cooking, April 2019
— Backpacker Magazine Editors' Choice/Gear Guide, Spring 2011
frequently asked questions
We recommend that all of our hot meals spend time "steep-cooking™" while snuggled in a Cook-in-Cozy™. We find this method promotes a more consistent temperature and steady cook time for Cook-in-Bag™ preparation; and results in a better serving temperature for your meal. When not in use, our Cook-in-Cozy™ folds away nicely in your pack for storage and weighs in at only 1.4oz.
Reviews (28)
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I love the texture and flavor of this meal, and the polenta topped it off beautifully! after reading multiple reviews talking about how it was more 'soup like', I purchased a bag of potato cubes and a bag of mushrooms to add to the mix. These additions filled out the meal and absorbed the extra water making it perfect!
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Truly outstanding!! This is the best backpacking meal you can find. Just absolutely delicious!! Highly recommended!!
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Really good. Definitely going on the menu for our float trip.
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REALLY enjoyed this meal! Great blend of spices & textures. A real step above what I've come to expect after over 40 years of eating freeze dried meals in the backcountry.
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Polenta can be a tricky thing even to make at home, so I had my reservations about how it would turn out. It was so good I wish I had purchased an additional side of it to go with. The stew was great, but for me the polenta was the star of the meal.
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Great and tasty food. Thank you for the excellent products.
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Out of the 5 meals that I purchased to test out for future backpacking trips, I can say that this is the one that I am disappointed in. I will say that I have never had polenta in my life before, and that may have ruined the initial tastes. The texture of the polenta, combined with the taste if the polenta, started me off wrong with the meal. The stew, alone, was pretty good, but, for me, I would have liked this more with mashed taters, then polenta. 3.5 Sporks...
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4 Stars Mightily tasty and hearty with the addition of the polenta. Generous portions. As with all backpacking food, allow it to rehydrate for a minimum of 20 minutes (longer if you can stand it) in a cozy so it stays HOT and it'll turn out just right.
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I bought this for our trip into BWCA last summer, but we ended up not using it. I cooked it at home afterwards since the expiration date was coming up. The stew was very tasty, beef texture was good, corn had good chew texture, polenta had nice garlic flavor, but the stew and polenta are way, way too salty for my taste and health. 74% of sodium daily requirement is too much for one meal. Cut it by at least a third and I'll be sure to include it in this coming year's BWCA trip.
Cooking Method
just add water
Water Required
14 ounces
Temperature
boiling water
Cook time
15 minutes
Serving
16 Ounces
