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Cuisine: British & Irish
Food Type: Meat
No of Portions: 4
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Ingredients & Prep
700 g
Beef chuck or brisket cut into chunks
500 ml
Water
125 ml
Red Wine
2 Onion chopped
2 Carrots chopped
1 tbsp
Tomato puree
1 tbsp
Worcestershire sauce
2 Beef stock cube or gel pot
1 Garlic clove chopped
1 Bay leaf
2 Celery stick chopped finely
1 tsp
Black pepper course ground
2 tbsp
Veg oil for frying
Dumplings
250 g
Flour self raising
125 g
Suit
100 ml
Water
30 g
Fresh parsley chopped
1/2 tsp
Salt
Method
Step 1
In a ovenproof pot with a lid or casserole pot, place over a med/high heat & fry beef in batches to a good brown colour (this is very important) on all sides, remove with a slotted spoon or thongs & set aside until all is browned.
Step 2
Pre-heat oven to 150'c.
Step 3
Now fry of onion & celery in the oil/fat in the same pot until a good golden brown, add garlic & cook for a further 1 mins, add wine & cook for 1 min or so to reduce by half, all the time stirring often.
Step 4
Add water, stock cube/gel pot, tomato puree, bay leaf, Worcestershire sauce, carrot & black pepper, give it a stir, place a lid on then place in the oven for 2 hours.
Step 5
Remove stew from the oven & turn it up to 200'c.
Step 6
Mix dumpling ingredients in a bowl to make a dough, give it a stir (if dry add some boiling water for a kettle, dot on egg sized balls of the dough on top, until the dough is used up, place stew back in the oven & cook for another 30 mins, uncovered.
Suggestion & Tips
You could use lamb instead, serve with creamy chive potato mash & green veg.