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Beef Stew with Dumplings

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Slow-cooked beef stew with carrots, onions and herby suet dumplings that puff up on top. The kind of food that warms you from the inside on a January evening.

Prep 20 mins
Cook 2 hr
Servings 6
Difficulty Easy
Per serving £2.11

Approx £12.64 total based on typical supermarket prices in GB. See yours →

S by Steven Tobin · Published 4 May 2026
Beef Stew with Dumplings

The recipe

Instructions

  1. 1
    Cube the beef and dust with flour. Brown in batches in a heavy pot.
  2. 2
    Add chopped onion, carrots, celery. Cook 8 minutes. Stir in tomato puree.
  3. 3
    Pour in wine, then stock. Add thyme. Bring to simmer, cover, cook in oven at 160°C for 90 minutes.
  4. 4
    Mix dumplings: self-raising flour, suet, salt, chopped parsley with cold water to a dough. Form into 8 balls.
  5. 5
    Drop dumplings on top of stew, return to oven uncovered for 25 minutes until risen and golden.

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About Steven Tobin

Steven is the founder, recipe developer, and chief washer-upper at Budget Dinner Recipes. A passionate home cook from a big foodie family, he's spent years collecting and perfecting recipes from across the world — from Malaysian laksas and Kenyan curries to weeknight British classics. Family meals are at the heart of e…

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