From: clams casino <cc@invalid.cc>
Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking,soc.culture.british,uk.food,uk.politics.misc,can.politics,aus.politics
Subject: beef stew w/crispy dumplings
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2024 12:35:52 -0700
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
Here's an old timey seasonal turn for all the Unfree Kingdom's colonial
diaspora serfs:
https://youtu.be/H4SYCyIZYpA
Beef Stew
2lb / 1kg Beef
½ltr / 1 pint Beef Stock / beef stock cubes can be used
½ltr / 1 pint Strong Brown Ale or Stout
2 Large Carrots
1 small turnip or swede
1 Large Leek
1 Large Onion
4 Cloves of Garlic
½ tsp Dried Thyme
¼ tsp Freshly Ground Pepper
½ tsp Salt
100g / 3½oz Plain Flour / All Purpose Flour
2 heaped tsp of Corn flour or corn starch mixed with 150g of cold water
Dumplings
300g / 10½oz Self- Raising Flour
2tsp Baking Powder (if you are using Plain or All Purpose Flour use 4
tsp of Baking Powder)
175g / 6oz of full cream or semi skimmed Milk
60g / 2oz of butter
100g / 3½oz Beef or vegetable suet
1 Large Egg
100g / 3½oz Finely Chopped Leek
(oh..cast iron dutchy involved!)
Leave the berloody lid off so those dumplings crisp smartly on top, eh!
(Janet, you the get lid-on version on so yer dentures don't come out)
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