Casserole with dumplings

Name: Casserole with dumplings
Total time: 18000 s
Yield: 4 people
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 500 g diced stewing beef; 1 onion sliced; 3 cloves garlic - chopped or minced; 1 red chilli - chopped; Chopped fresh vegetables- I used 2 carrots, 1 courgette, 1 leek, about 50g mushrooms and a handful of small tomatoes (these were vegetables I had to hand); 1 tablespoon mixed dried herbs; 750 ml stock (I used half and half red wine and vegetable stock cube in water); 3-4 tablespoons olive oil; Salt and pepper to taste; 100 g Self- raising flour; 50 g vegetarian suet; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 5-6 tablespoons cold water

Bellhorse @barbara2017

This recipe reminds me of my mum. She would make fantastic casseroles that cooked slowly in the oven for hours. We’d come home from school or work to a delicious dinner. The dumplings add a bit of winter comfort and I used vegetable suet.
Very little preparation - leave the slow cooking to do its magic.

Bellhorse @barbara2017

Saved

Ingredients

3.5 hours

4 people

500 gdiced stewing beef
1onion sliced
3 clovesgarlic - chopped or minced
1red chilli - chopped
Chopped fresh vegetables- I used 2 carrots, 1 courgette, 1 leek, about 50g mushrooms and a handful of small tomatoes (these were vegetables I had to hand)
1 tablespoonmixed dried herbs
750 mlstock (I used half and half red wine and vegetable stock cube in water)
3-4 tablespoonsolive oil
Salt and pepper to taste
Dumplings
100 gSelf- raising flour
50 gvegetarian suet
1/4 teaspoonsalt
5-6 tablespoonscold water

Saved

Steps

3.5 hours

1

Hear olive oil in a frying pan and brown the meat for 5 minutes
2

Add chopped onion, minced garlic,chilli and mixed herbs and cook for a further 2-3 minutes.
3

Remove from heat and add to a casserole dish or deep oven-safe pan. Add vegetables and stock. Stir and cover. Place in oven at 150 degrees centigrade and cook for at least 3 hours.
4

Make dumplings - combine self-raising flour, suet, pinch of salt, and enough cold water to make a dough (about 5 tablespoons). Divide into 8 and shape into balls.
5

After 3 hours remove casserole from the oven, add the dumplings, replace lid and cook for a further 30 minutes. Remove lid and cook for s further 10 minutes (this crisps the outside of the dumplings).
6

Serve as is, or with chopped parsley garnish and green beans.