Recipe: Tasty Beef and Dumpling Stew

Beef and Dumpling Stew. Drop dough by the tablespoonful into stew. Heat the olive oil in a large heavy pot or Dutch oven over medium-high heat until the oil is shimmering, and place the onion and beef into the hot oil. For the beef stew, heat the oil in a large, lidded casserole over a medium heat.

Coat Beef in flour and add to the hot oil. Saute beef until browned on all sides. Add beef stock, water, wine, tomato paste, sugar, thyme, Worcestershire sauce, garlic, bay leaf, celery, onions and carrots. You can cook Beef and Dumpling Stew using 18 ingredients and 16 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Beef and Dumpling Stew

1. Prepare of Beef.
2. Prepare 400 grams of diced beef.
3. You need 100 grams of Liver diced (optional).
4. It's 3 of sausages (sliced).
5. It's 3 medium of potatoes (diced).
6. You need 4 of celery sticks (sliced).
7. It's 3 of carrots (peeled ad sliced).
8. You need 3 cup of beef stock.
9. It's 2 medium of onions or 1 large (diced).
10. It's to taste of Salt and black pepper.
11. You need 2 tbsp of gravy granules.
12. You need 5 tbsp of olive oil.
13. Prepare of Dumplings.
14. Prepare 125 grams of flour/ plus exta for dusting..
15. Prepare 1/4 tsp of salt.
16. It's 60 grams of shredded suet.
17. You need 1 tsp of baking powder.
18. You need 12 tbsp of water.

In a Dutch oven, brown beef in oil in batches. Stir in the water, bouillon, browning sauce if desired, onion salt and garlic salt. In a resealable plastic bag, combine four, salt and pepper. Add beef, a few pieces at a time, and shake to coat.

Beef and Dumpling Stew step by step

1. Heat the oil in a pot on a medium heat..
2. Next brown the meat in the oil, 2-3 minutes tops..
3. Add the stock and gravy granules and stir..
4. Add all the vegatables to the pot and cook on a low heat for 2 to 2 and half hours. Stirring occasionally..
5. Add more boiling water as and when it needs it..
6. To make the dumplings: shift the flour, baking powder and salt into a bowl..
7. Add the suet and water to make the dough..
8. With floured hands roll the dough into thick spoonful sized balls..
9. Add the dumplings about 50-60 minutes prior to turning the stove off..
10. After adding the dumplings stir very gently..
11. Check seasoning. Add more salt and pepper if needed..
12. Preheat the oven to gas mark 8.
13. Once cooked remove the dumplings carefully and place them in an oven proof dish..
14. Place the dumplings in the oven to give them a crispy coat. Turn the dumplings once..
15. Bake for about 30-40 minutes or until the dumplings have a golden and cripsy skin..
16. Add the dumplings back to the pot and serve immediately..

In a Dutch oven, brown meat in oil. Sift the flour into a large bowl and stir in the suet, parsley and lots of seasoning. Serious levels of warmth and comfort will be found bubbling beneath the lid of this winter warmer. The stew itself is best made in advance and the dumplings added before you are ready to serve. Use the best quality ingredients you can for this dish to really make it sing.