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Beef Stew with Garlic Parsley Dumplings

Beef Stew with Garlic Parsley Dumplings

This stew paired with delicious melt in your mouth dumplings is the perfect heart warming meal for those extra cold days.

Cook time

1 hour

Recipe Difficulty

Medium

Yield

Makes about 8 cups

Ingredients

Beef Stew with Garlic Parsley Dumplings

  • 3 tbsp canola oil, divided
  • 1 lb (0.5 kg) stewing beef, cubed
  • 1 cup chopped carrots
  • 1 cup chopped celery
  • 1 cup chopped yellow onion
  • 2 tsp cloves garlic, finely chopped
  • 2 tbsp tomato paste
  • ½ cup red wine
  • ¼ cup all-purpose flour
  • 6 cups no-salt-added beef broth
  • 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
  • 1 tbsp liquid honey
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1 tsp dried thyme, crumbled
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp freshly ground pepper
  • 2 cup unpeeled quartered yellow baby potatoes
  • Garlic Parsley Dumplings

Garlic Parsley Dumplings

  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 2 tbsp chopped fresh Italian parsley
  • 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
  • 1½ tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp salt
  • ½ tsp freshly ground pepper
  • ½ cup milk (2%)
  • 2 tbsp melted salted butter

Directions

Beef Stew with Garlic Parsley Dumplings

  1. Heat 2 tbsp oil in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Sear beef until browned, about 5 – 6 minutes. Remove beef and set aside.
  2. Add remaining oil to Dutch oven. Sauté carrots, celery and onion until softened, about 3 – 4 minutes.
  3. Add garlic and cook for an additional 30 seconds. Stir in tomato paste; cook for 1 minute.
  4. Pour in wine and simmer, loosening browned bits, until reduced by three-quarters, about 1 minute.
  5. Add flour and cook, stirring, for 1 minute.
  6. Add beef, broth, vinegar, honey, bay leaves, thyme, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally, for 30 minutes.
  7. Discard bay leaves. Add potatoes and simmer, covered, for 15 minutes.
  8. Add in dumplings and recover; cook until potatoes are tender and dumplings are cooked through, about 15 minutes.

Garlic Parsley Dumplings

  1. Combine flour, parsley, garlic, baking powder, salt and pepper in a medium bowl.
  2. Add milk and butter; stir until combined.
  3. Drop 1 tbsp dollops evenly on top of Beef Stew.

Nutritional analysis per serving

*Ingredient not included in nutritional analysis.

276 calories, 9.9 g fat, 18.3 g protein, 27.3 g carbohydrate, 2.4 g fibre, 855 mg sodium