Recipe – Lighter Beef Stew & Dumplings

Lighter Beef Stew & Dumplings

This Lighter Beef Stew & Dumplings shows you can have all the taste with fewer calories & fat, a rich sweet sauce complements this autumnal dish.

Serve with green vegetables to increase fibre.

Cooking time 2 hrs

Serves: 4              Carbs: 51
Cals: 490              Sugars: 12
Fats: 16                Fibre: 7
Saturates: 5        Protein: 34

Stew:-

Spray Oil

2 Medium Onions, chopped

2 bay leaves

4 thyme sprigs

500g Lean Braising Steak (cubed)

100ml red wine

1.5 tbsp Plain Flour

1 tsb mustard powder

400g Tinned tomatoes

500ml vegetable stock

280g carrots, halved lengthwise & sliced

400g butternut squash, cut into 3-4cm chunks

140g chestnut mushrooms – quartered

Dumplings:-

100g Self Raising Flour

½ tsb Mustard Powder

2 spring onions – finely chopped

3 tbsp chopped parsley

1 tbsp Olive Oil

80ml Semi Skimmed Milk.

  1. Using spray oil, heat saucepan, add onions bay leaves & thyme sprigs fry over medium heat approx. 5-6 mins.
  2. When onions have browned add steak & stir-fry until starts to colour.
  3. Pour in wine, deglaze the brown sticky bits from bottom pan let bubble briefly.
  4. Lower heat, sprinkle in flour & mustard powder, stir for 1 minute.
  5. Meat should be coated in thick, rich sauce.
  6. Add tinned tomatoes.
  7. Stir in stock, bring to boil.
  8. Tip in carrots, squash & mushrooms.
  9. Lower heat, cover & cook on low heat for 1hr 40 mins. 
  10. Season as necessary

Heat oven to 160 / gas

Make Dumplings:- 

  1. Put flour, mustard powder , salt & pepper into a bowl.
  2. Add spring onions & parsley, then add milk & olive oil to mix, add few drops water if necessary to make into a sticky dough.
  3. Divide into 8 & lightly make into balls.
  4. Transfer casserole into a casserole dish.
  5. Sit dumplings on top & press into gravy to slightly submerge.
  6. Cook about 20 mins until dumplings risen & golden on top.