Beef stew and dumplings
- ⏱ 3 hours 55 minutes
- Medium
- Serves 1
- 👥 2-cook recipe
A rich braised beef stew with caramelised vegetables, mushrooms, baby onions and poached dumplings.
Adapted from Great British Chefs.
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COOK 1COOK 2
1Preheat the oven
2Prepare the tomato
In a bowl, toss the tomato with the caster sugar
Arrange it cut-side down on a baking tray and drizzle...
3Plate and serve
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COOK 2COOK 1
1Preheat the oven
Preheat the oven to 220°C/gas mark 8
2Prepare the tomato
3Plate and serve
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Ingredients
- 1.2 kg braising beef
- 80 g pancetta (chopped)
- 40 ml red wine vinegar
- 5 butter knobs
- 1 leek (sliced)
- 1 1/2 carrots (sliced)
- 2 celery sticks (sliced)
- 1 large onion (sliced)
- 1 star anise
- 50 g large flat mushrooms (sliced)
- 1 large ripe tomato (halved)
- 2 tsp caster sugar
- 5 g bouquet garni
- 2 l chicken stock
- 160 g baby onions (peeled)
- 160 g button mushrooms
- 1 tbsp parsley (chopped)
- 1 dash vegetable oil
- 1 dash olive oil
- 100 g plain flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 2 pinch salt
- 40 g vegetable light suet
The full plan
Split between two cooks — each step says who's on it.
1. Preheat the oven COOK 1
- Preheat the oven to 220°C/gas mark 8
2. Prepare the tomato COOK 2
- In a bowl, toss the tomato with the caster sugar
- Arrange it cut-side down on a baking tray and drizzle with a dash of olive oil
3. Mise en place COOK 2
- Prep 80 g pancetta: chop
- Prep 1 leek: slice
- Prep 1 1/2 carrots: slice
4. Mise en place COOK 1
- Prep 2 celery sticks: slice
- Prep 1 onion: slice
5. Caramelise the tomato COOK 2
- Cook the tomatoes in the oven for 20 minutes, or until tender and caramelised
6. Mise en place COOK 2
- Prep 50 g flat mushrooms: slice
7. Chop the beef COOK 1
- Cut the braising beef into large pieces
8. Soften the vegetables COOK 2
- In a saucepan, melt a knob of butter over a medium heat
- Add the leek, celery and carrots and cook until soft and golden brown
- Remove from the heat
🤝 Cook 1 hands over the celery sticks.
9. Brown the beef COOK 1
- In a large pan, heat a dash of vegetable oil over a medium heat
- Add the meat and pancetta and cook until browned
- Add the vinegar and stir thoroughly for 1-2 minutes
- Remove from the heat
🤝 Cook 2 hands over the pancetta.
10. Cook onion and mushrooms COOK 2
- In a separate pan, melt a knob of butter over a medium heat and cook the onion and star anise
- In another pan, melt a knob of butter and cook the large flat mushrooms
🤝 Cook 1 hands over the onion.
11. Mise en place COOK 1
- Prep 160 g onions: peel
12. Shape the dumplings COOK 1
- In a bowl, mix the flour, baking powder and salt
- Add the suet and enough water to bind the mix
- Roll the dough into small dumplings, approximately the size of cherry tomatoes, This mix should yield 16 dumplings
13. Mise en place COOK 2
- Prep 1 tbsp parsley: chop
14. Braise the stew COOK 1
- In a flameproof casserole dish, combine all of the caramelised vegetables with the meat, pancetta, tomatoes and bouquet garni
- Pour in enough stock to cover and simmer for 2 1/2 hours
15. Poach the dumplings COOK 1
- Bring a large pan of lightly salted water to a simmer and add the dumplings
- Cover the pan and poach for 15-20 minutes
16. Brown the onions COOK 1
- In a frying pan, melt a knob of butter over a medium heat
- Add the baby onions and cook until browned
- Remove the onions and set aside
17. Reduce the sauce COOK 2
- Once the meat is very tender, strain the sauce from the pot into a separate pan
- Return the sauce to the hob and simmer until it reduces down to a thin gravy-like consistency
18. Return the solids COOK 2
- Return the solids to the pan with the sauce and remove from the heat
🤝 Cook 1 hands over the stew.
19. Brown the mushrooms COOK 1
- In the same pan, melt another knob of butter and return to the heat
- Add the button mushrooms and fry until browned
- Add both the baby onions and mushrooms to the beef stew
🤝 Cook 2 hands over the solids.
20. Reheat the stew COOK 2
- Reheat the stew on the stove until hot
🤝 Cook 1 hands over the mushrooms.
21. Plate and serve BOTH
- Divide the hot stew into bowls and finish with chopped parsley and the dumplings, Serve immediately
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