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Beef Stew and Dumplings
A good hearty stew, proper comfort food.
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Course: Dinner
Cuisine: British
Keyword: Beef stew, Comfort food, Dumplings
Prep Time: 30 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 3 hours hours 30 minutes minutes
Total Time: 4 hours hours
Servings: 4
Ingredients
For the stew:
- 800 g Braising steak cut into small chunks
- 20 g Butter
- 2 tbsps Sunflower oil
- 2 tbsps Plain flour
- 150 g Pancetta
- 4 Garlic cloves crushed
- 1 large onion diced
- 3 Celery sticks cut into small chunks
- 3 Carrots peeled and cut into chunks
- 2 Leeks roughly chopped
- 1 Swede cut into chunks
- 10 Peeled baby onions
- 150 ml Red wine
- 600 ml Beef stock
- 3 Fresh bay leaves
- 1 Bunch of fresh rosemary finely chopped
- 1 Bunch of fresh thyme finely chopped
- 2 tbsps Worcestershire sauce
For the dumplings:
- 150 g Plain flour
- 1 tsp Baking powder
- 75 g Beef suet
- 100 ml Water
- ½ Bunch of rosemary finely chopped
- A pinch of salt
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180℃
- For the stew, heat the oil and butter in a large frying pan, add the beef and fry until browned on all sides.
- Meanwhile, add the pancetta into an oven proof casserole pot, cook on a high heat until the pancetta starts to crisp. Add the diced onion, garlic, celery and leeks and cook until the onions are soft.
- Pour in the wine and reduce by half.
- Once the beef is browned, add the flour and mix. Then add the beef into the casserole pot.
- Stir in the beef stock, the remaining vegetables, and the herbs.
- Add the Worcestershire sauce. Season well with salt and pepper.
- Cover the pot with a lid and transfer to the oven and cook for two hours, or until the meat is tender.
- For the dumplings, add the flour, baking powder, beef suet and rosemary into a mixing bowl. Add the water a little at a time until a thick dough has formed, you may not need to use all of the water.
3 comments on “Beef Stew with Dumplings”
Hello, could this be done in a slow cooker?
Thanks 🙂
Hello, yes! Although if you want to crisp the dumplings up they will need to go in the oven for the last 20 minutes.
I’ve made this a few times and it never fails to impress. Absolutely delicious and the dumplings make it all the better!