Beef Stew and Dumplings
Prep Time
10 Minutes
Cook Time
2 Hour
Ingredients
18
Servings
4
Wondering how to make a hearty beef stew? You don’t need to be a whizz in the kitchen to make our comforting stew recipe – the indulgent ingredients do all the talking here. As well as smoky paprika and aromatic marjoram and sage, this beef stew gets an additional dose of deliciousness from beer – choose a robust beer such as Guinness. The perfect addition for mopping up the sauce in this recipe are our tasty herby dumplings. Suet gives these dumplings a light and fluffy texture, and woody thyme and rosemary adds a fragrant kick.
Ingredients
2 tablespoons oil
450 gram (1 pound) lean stewing beef, cubed
1 onion, sliced
175 gram (6 ounce) carrots, sliced
1 teaspoon Garlic Granules
1 tablespoons plain flour
225 millilitre (8 fluid ounce) beer
350 millilitre (12 fluid ounce) beef stock
2 tablespoons tomato puree
1 teaspoon Paprika
1 teaspoon Marjoram Herb
1 teaspoon Dried Sage
100 gram (4 ounce) self-rising flour
50 gram (2 ounce) beef or vegetable suet
1 pinch Sea Salt
½ teaspoon Rosemary
1 teaspoon Dried Thyme
75 millilitre (3 fluid ounce) water
