Try it Tuesday – stew and dumplings with a twist
With the nights drawing in and a definite chill in the air my slow cooker is coming into its own. This week I made an old favourite with a twist, beef stew and dumplings with horseradish!
In my stew I used
350g diced beef
1 leek – roughly chopped
2 onions (1 red 1 white) – diced
a sweet potato – peeled and diced
2 carrots – washed and sliced
swede – peeled and dice
Small potatoes (like jersey royals) washed and placed in whole
3 beef oxo cubes
1 table spoon of horseradish
a squeeze of tomato purée
For the dumplings
Half a cup of suet
1 cup of self raising flour
Warm water
I started by turning my slow cooker on and setting it to high, I then prepped my veg and meat and put it into the slow cooker, crumbled over the oxo’s, added the horseradish and tomato purée, covered with water and gave it a quick stir. I put the lid on and left it on high for 30mins and then turned it down to the low setting and then pretty much forgot about it – well as much as I could with the smell of stew filling the house!
I left the stew to cook on low all day, about 30mins or so before we wanted to eat I made my dumplings. I mixed the flour and suet in a bowl with some warm water until it was a sticky doughy consistency I then split it in to 5 and placed then in to the stew and left them to cook for around 25-30mins, once did they were cooked dinner was ready.
We all really enjoyed the stew as we always do but the horseradish didn’t really add anything, in fact we couldn’t even taste it, it just made the stew look a little curdled, but I think next time I might try adding more maybe 2 table spoons is the answer.
10 Responses to Try it Tuesday – stew and dumplings with a twist
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There’s nothing better than stew on a cold night is there? It’s one of my favourite winter meals! #foodiefriday
I love a good slow cooker recipe and the idea of adding horseradish… anything with a kick is great in my book! #foodiefriday
Maybe you could just stir in the horseradish for a kick at the end? It sounds quite tasty anyway though #foodiefriday
This is ultimate comfort food! It’s one of the things I love about winter.
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I love a good stew, even though it’s always boiling outside in Arizona! #FoodieFriday
Yes, love slow cooker recipes! Will give this a try, thanks! #foodiefriday
Perfect for the winter months! #FoodieFriday
Ooooh this looks lovely. My stomach was rumbling as I was reading it.
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This looks delicious, Becky. I want to make more stews now the cold weather is coming in and will be giving one a go in my slow cooker. Thanks for sharing the recipe and giving me inspiration. #FoodieFriday
Oh wow, this takes me back, my mum used to make this sort of thing! #foodiefriday