Serves 6
Ingredients
3 tbsp vegetable oil
1 kg braising beef steak, cut into 4cm chunks
1 onion, roughly chopped
2 medium carrots, cut into 2.5cm pieces
2 celery sticks, thickly sliced
3 tbsp tomato purée
1 garlic clove, crushed
3tbsp plain flour
800ml beef stock
2tbsp Worcestershire sauce
3 bay leaves
Small bunch of thyme
1tsp Cornish Sea Salt Crystals
For the Dumplings:
125 g (4oz) self-raising flour, plus extra to dust
60 g (2½oz) suet
½ tsp salt
1 tbsp finely chopped fresh parsley
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This slow cooked beef stew requires minimum attention and is bursting with delicious savoury flavours.