Beef Stew & Dumplings
Ingredients - Dumplings:
350g Self-Raising Flour
2tsp Baking Powder (if you are using Plain or All Purpose Flour use 4 tsp of Baking Powder)
180g / 6oz Milk
65g / 2oz Butter
1 Large Egg
60g / 3½oz Finely Chopped Leek
(100g Beef or Vegetable Suet - in this video I used 50ml of chicken stock from a roasted chicken as I did not have suet available)
Ingredients - Beef Stew
2lb / 1kg Beef joint
½ltr / 1 pint Beef Stock / beef stock cubes can be used
½ltr / 1 pint Strong Brown Ale or Stout
2 Large Carrots
1 Large Leek
1 Large Onion
4 Cloves of Garlic
½ tsp Dried Thyme
¼ tsp Freshly Ground Pepper
½ tsp sea Salt
2 heaped tsp of Corn flour or corn starch mixed with 150g of cold water
