Rich beef stew with dumplings
Rich beef stew with dumplings

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For the beef stew, heat the oil and butter in an ovenproof casserole and fry the beef until browned on all sides. James Martin may be the king of weekend breakfast TV but he can also rustle up a delicious slow cooked meal. James Martin's beef stew with dumplings may take a little while to cook but it is well worth the wait. The rich flavours of the chunky beef stew are just waiting to be mopped up with a freshly made dumpling.

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To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook rich beef stew with dumplings using 17 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Rich beef stew with dumplings:
  1. Take 800 g diced beef
  2. Make ready 150 g smoked bacon
  3. Take 1 large onion
  4. Make ready 3 cloves garlic
  5. Make ready 3 carrots
  6. Prepare 200 g mushrooms (fresh wild mushrooms if you can get them button mushrooms if not)
  7. Make ready 12 whole small salad potatoes
  8. Prepare 200 g beef suet
  9. Get 400 g self raising flour
  10. Prepare fresh thyme
  11. Get olive oil
  12. Take 250 ml double cream
  13. Take 1 beef stock pot or fresh beef stock
  14. Prepare 500 ml stout or other dark beer
  15. Get 4 bay leaves
  16. Make ready to taste salt
  17. Make ready 1 tsp ground black pepper

Pour the reserved gravy back over the dumplings, stir lightly, and serve. When the stew is cooked, release the pressure using the quick-release method (see manufacturer's instructions) and remove the lid. Drop the dumplings evenly on top of the stew. Diced beef aka stewing, chuck, braising or casserole steak with onions, carrots, swede, mushrooms, thyme, red wine and stock.

Steps to make Rich beef stew with dumplings:
  1. Chop the bacon into approx 2cm squares, the garlic resaonably coarsely and slice the onion.
  2. Fry the bacon in a large pan in some olive oil until it begins to brown.
  3. Add the onions and fry until translucent stirring all the time.
  4. In a very hot heavy bottomed frying pan or dutch oven sear the beef in batches.
  5. Add the beef and the garlic to the pan and stir thoroughly.
  6. Pour in the stout, bring to a simmer and turn the heat low.
  7. Add the broken up mushrooms,
  8. The carrots
  9. And the potatoes, top up with some water or beef stock, stir and bring back to a simmer. Add a stock pot if you don't use fresh beef stock.
  10. Add the bay leaves and a few sprigs of thyme, stir and simmer on a very low heat for 30 minutes. I tend to vary the herbs in this recipe. I find any combination of fresh thyme, sage, rosemary and oregano works.
  11. While the stew is simmering, make the dumplings. Mix the flour, the suet, some fresh thyme leaves and about 1/2 a tsp of salt together.
  12. Add water a little at a time stirring all the time until you have a soft dough mix.
  13. After simmering for 30 minutes, add the cream a little at a time stirring it in between each pour. Taste the stew at this stage and if needed add some salt. Add the pepper. You can get a more traditional stew by leaving out the cream.
  14. With a table or desert spoon, spoon in the dumpling mixture. Cover and simmer gently for another 30 minutes or until the dumplings are cooked throughout.

Drop the dumplings evenly on top of the stew. Diced beef aka stewing, chuck, braising or casserole steak with onions, carrots, swede, mushrooms, thyme, red wine and stock. Sprinkle over extra parsley, if you. Sift the flour into a large bowl and stir in the suet, parsley and lots of seasoning. There's no nicer way to use up cheaper cuts of beef than in a warm, comforting stew.

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