Beef Stew and Dumplings

 

Ingredients

-cubed stewing steak

-chopped onion

-chopped carrots

-thyme

-rosemary

-parsley

-bay leaves

-Bovril

-gravy granules

-hot water

-Worcestershire Sauce

-tomato puree

-flour

-salt/pepper 

Method

-Put steak in casserole and dust with flours

-Add all dry ingredients

-Mix hot water, bovril and gravy together and pour over the ingredients (inch covering top)

-Cook in oven at 140 for 2 hours

-Increase temperature to 180 for another 30 minutes

Dumplings

-Mix 8 heaped tablespoons of flour together with 4 heaped tablespoons of suet

-Add cold water and mix into dough

-Roll into 1 inch balls with floured hands

-Add dumplings to stew for the last 20 minutes

Serve with mash.