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  • 2kg beef
    shin, neck or stewing steak, chopped into large chunks
  • 100g plain flour
  • 25g dripping, lard
    or oil
  • 500g shallots
  • 1l beef stock

For the dumplings

Nutrition: per serving

  • kcal752
  • fat35g
  • saturates15g
  • carbs48g
  • sugars3g
  • fibre3g
  • protein64g
  • salt1.16g
    low
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Method

  • step 1

    Heat oven to 140C/120C fan/gas 1. Trim any excess fat off the beef, and place in a large plastic bag with the flour and some seasoning. Close the bag and shake it really well to coat all the meat with the seasoned flour. Melt the dripping in a very large ovenproof casserole and throw in the beef and shallots. Give everything a good stir and cook for 10 mins, until starting to brown. Pour over the stock and stir – scraping bottom of the pan to extract all the flavour. Cover with a lid, transfer to the oven and cook for 2½ hrs, until the meat is tender and falling apart.

  • step 2

    Just before the beef cooking time is up, make the dumplings. Mix all the ingredients with 175ml cold water to form a heavy dough. Roll the dough into balls about the size of golf balls. Pop the dumplings into the casserole dish, leave off the lid and return to the oven. Increase heat to 200C/180C fan/gas 6 and cook for 15-25 mins until the dumplings are puffed up, golden and cooked through.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, January 2011

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A star rating of 5 out of 5.4 ratings

Honeygran

Delicious. Have cooked this with and without the dumplings. It's a great one for stashing in the freezer. I do it in the slow cooker so a few minutes work in the morning result in 4 meals for the 2 of us. I recommend skimming the fat off the top before serving/ storing.

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Sarah-A-M

Smells absolutely lovely through out the whole house. Tasted amazing too.

katysimpson

A star rating of 5 out of 5.

I cooked this for a Sunday lunch when some guests came round and it was a massive hit. Everyone raved about it. I did add some mushroom ketchup to the stew and more like 220ml of water to the dumplings as the mixture was far too dry otherwise, but other than that follow it to the letter. A huge hit,…

natnee

A star rating of 5 out of 5.

Wow this was amazingly delicious despite not having lots of ingredients. I did add a splash of worcester, although whether it made a difference I am not sure. I made herby dumplings with thyme and parsley instead of horseradish as wasn't sure my 2 year old would like it, but she loved the stew, she…

wingrove68

A star rating of 5 out of 5.

I've made this dish a few times now and have tweaked it slightly. In addition to the recipe ingredients I add wild mushrooms, paprika, worcestershire sauce and a splash of red wine. These really add to the flavour. Sometimes I add oxtail too. Everytime I make this the family devour it with…

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