The French have a word for it
I suspect the French word might be ragout, which sounds so much classier than stew. This was a sausage stew, made up by slicing more of that big black olive sausage into thick chunks. First, though, I added a mug of boiling water to half a ‘jus de roti’ cube. I put it on the stove, and when it was boiling I added a potato, peeled and cubed.
Then came chopped onion, tomatoes, mushroom, and a grilled vegetable mix from my freezer containing courgettes, aubergines, red and yellow peppers and more onions, and then the sausage chunks. When it was simmering merrily away, I added garlic granules, black pepper, Provence herb mix, and a few drops of Tabasco sauce. I timed it so the potatoes had longest, but the whole lot took about 15 minutes. It was really satisfying.