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.
- Using spray oil, heat saucepan, add onions bay leaves & thyme sprigs fry over medium heat approx. 5-6 mins.
- When onions have browned add steak & stir-fry until starts to colour.
- Pour in wine, deglaze the brown sticky bits from bottom pan let bubble briefly.
- Lower heat, sprinkle in flour & mustard powder, stir for 1 minute.
- Meat should be coated in thick, rich sauce.
- Add tinned tomatoes.
- Stir in stock, bring to boil.
- Tip in carrots, squash & mushrooms.
- Lower heat, cover & cook on low heat for 1hr 40 mins.
- Season as necessary
Heat oven to 160 / gas
Make Dumplings:-
- Put flour, mustard powder , salt & pepper into a bowl.
- Add spring onions & parsley, then add milk & olive oil to mix, add few drops water if necessary to make into a sticky dough.
- Divide into 8 & lightly make into balls.
- Transfer casserole into a casserole dish.
- Sit dumplings on top & press into gravy to slightly submerge.
- Cook about 20 mins until dumplings risen & golden on top.
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