Mogstew - Final Fantasy XIV

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Mogstew - Final Fantasy XIV

Mogstew - Final Fantasy XIV

So, like many, I have come to love playing the game Final Fantasy XIV. And one of my favorite things in the game are the Moogles, Kupo! During a special set of quests it comes to light the moogles have a mogstew, and I was surprised to learn that this did not show up in the Final Fantasy XIV cookbook. So, I decided to make my own, Kupo!

Ingredients

  • Garlic Powder - 2 tsp
  • Fresh or Minced Garlic - 1 tsp
  • Ginger Powder - 1.5 tsp
  • Broth - one 32oz container vegetable broth + 1tsp of Better than Bouillon vegetable broth paste
  • Coconut Cream - 1 13.5oz can
  • Coconut Oil - 2 tbs
  • Coconut Flour - 3 tbs
  • Dill - 2 tbs
  • Dry Red Wine - 3 tbs
  • 1 Pack Mushrooms - A variety pack such as Private Selection Gourmet Blend
  • Green Onion - 3 stalks, 2 for cooking and 1 for garnish
  • Turnip - 4
  • Parsnip - 4
  • Rutabaga - 1
  • Potatoes - Bag of Petite Medley Gourmet Potatoes (the small multicolored ones)
  • Sweet Potato - 2
  • Carrot - 2
  • Radish - 4

Instructions

About Mogstew And How This Recipe Came To Be
  1. Mogstew. What is it in the game? It is described as: A generous helping of grilled mushrooms and other local vegetables, spiced and drowned in a thick broth. So that isn't a whole lot of information, Kupo. I began this whole process by thinking of how a moogle would make food. Kupo nuts are a staple for moogles so we began there. and for our equivalent I went with coconut, as it has an oil, flour, cream etc. It's versatile in cooking. Plus, Coconut - Kupo Nut. There are similar sounds there, Kupo.
  2. So, after deciding on coconut as my base or Kupo Nut equivalent, the next question is what kind of local veggies does the Moogles home of the Churning Mists have? Here I landed on basically root vegetables. It's a colder environment and root vegetables go nice in a stew so...it works, Kupo.
  3. The final decision I made with this stew, is to blend it before serving. Now some may say, moogles wouldn't have an immersion blender. I argue that their mogmenders would most certainly have a mogblender to make their lives easier, Kupo! Even made with their own two paws...er...well...their own two paws may have helped...a little bit. But blending it at the end makes sure there's no funny textures from the coconut flour and makes the soup creamier as intended, Kupo!
Cooking Directions
  1. Prep your veggies for grilling. Cut into chunks for skewering. Note that root veggies can be tough to skewer. I recommend for best stabbing results, to use a metal skewer, do not do wood.
  2. Fit as many veggies and skewers as you can on your grill. Ours had about 4-6 skewers at a time. Any mushrooms that are too small to skewer, or happen to break in your skewer attempts, set aside to add to the broth.
  3. Get them on the grill. Have your coals off to one side and your skewers on the opposite side. This will prevent any unnecessary burning of your veggies. Cover the grill and let them cook for about 45-55 minutes or until tender. Check them every 15 minutes or so.
  4. While the veggies grill make your broth
  5. Start by making a roux in a pot with the coconut oil and flour. When that is thickened add the green onion and the fresh or minced garlic. Cook for a few minutes then add the wine. This also helps deglaze the pot.
  6. Cook that another minute or two then add the broth. Bring to a boil then add your spices, vegetable paste, and mushrooms that didn't make it to the grill.
  7. When the veggies are almost done, add your coconut cream to the broth then blend it with your finest mogblender (immersion blender or whatever your preferred blending device is works fine).
  8. Bring the now creamy broth back up to a low boil for extra hotness.
  9. Add your veggies to a bowl and top with your now creamy broth.
  10. Enjoy, Kupo!

Notes

So in the future, I will likely just roast the vegetables in the oven rather than grilling them. I am personally not the biggest fan of grilled anything but I did grill for this recipe to keep it authentic to the moogles. But grilling is quite seasonal where I live and like I said it isn't my favorite kind of food. So I think oven roasting would be a fine alternative.


Also if you want less veggies, as this recipe does make quite a bit, feel free to cut the amounts of veggies down by half for everything but the mushrooms.

Ciestiel