This is my recipe for Slow cooked beef stew with home made dumplings and green beans. I hope you like it.
Cost around £10.00
Feeds 4 people
Cooking time 3 hours
For the stew.
600 g Lean Diced beef
1 Onion, Peeled and roughly chopped
1 Beef stock cube to make 300 ml of beef stock
Salt
Ground black pepper
4 large potatoes
½ small swede
4 large carrots
Some fresh basil
2 tsp. brown sauce
2 tsp. tomato ketchup
7 heaped tbsp. Gravy granules
For the dumplings.
150g self-rising flour
70g suet
Salt
Black pepper
Freshly chopped leaf parsley
Method
Put the diced beef into a wok or frying pan and fry until browned all over.
Then put the beef and salt and black pepper into the slow cooker. Next add 1 beef stock cube to 300 ml of boiling water and stir, then add to the slow cooker to cover the beef, add more water if needed.
Next finely chop the basil and add it to the slow cooker, and roughly chop 1 onion and add that to the slow cooker. Cover and leave to cook on high heat for 1 hour.
Meanwhile dice the carrots, swede and potatoes into 2 cm chunks and store in water until needed.
When the hour is up add the carrots, swede and potatoes to the pot and cover with boiling water and stir, then add 2 tablespoons of brown sauce and 2 tablespoons of tomato ketchup stir and leave to cook for 1 and a ½ hours.
Meanwhile make the dumplings.
Add 150g self-rising flour, 70g of suet, some finely chopped parsley, salt and pepper to a mixing bowl. Start with 5tbsp of cold water and mix add more water gradually if needed to make the dough, shape the dumplings and store in the fridge.
When the 1 and a ½ hours is up add 7 heaped tbsp. of gravy granules to the slow cooker and stir to thicken then add the dumplings cover with the lid and leave to cook for a further 20 minutes.
Serve with a side of vegetables of tour choice.
17 сен 2024
