Beef in Guinness with fluffy herb dumplings

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• Kate

  27 January 2008

  Kate commented on this recipe

  This was a great receipe which I did in the slow cooker and it tasted great! The only thing I will say is that 6 tbsp's of water is too much, I had to redo the dumplings as it was too watery, three were sufficient but a great meal and very tasty!

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• Liam

  28 January 2008

  Liam commented on this recipe

  Nice recipe! Unlike Kate i needed the full 6tbsp I think it depends on how cold your butter is if you have left it for a couple of minutes after taking out of the freezer then less water is probably needed

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• KatNotts

  14 February 2008

  KatNotts rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Absolutely gorgeous. The only change to the recipe I needed to make was just to leave the dumplings in the oven for an extra 15 mins to make sure they were a bit brown on top. We served it with mash and steamed cabbage and broccoli. Delicious.

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• edengemma

  03 March 2008

  edengemma commented on this recipe

  found this really quite bland a bit disappointed

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• Zoe

  26 March 2008

  Zoe rated and commented on this recipe

  

  very nice meal

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• Mrs B

  28 March 2008

  Mrs B rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Very nice. I finished this off on top of the cooker and the meat was very tender. Will be making this again but would perhaps add seasoning to the gravy. The dumplings were very soft and fluffy.

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• Bubina

  23 August 2008

  Bubina rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I didn't like this at all. While cooking, I thought the flavour was too bland, so I added an oxo cube to add some flavour. Everything had a horrible bitter after-taste, especially the dumplings. I had to put down my fork after eating a third of my serving, as I just couldn't continue because of the bitterness. I definitely won't be making this again!

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• Dee

  28 October 2008

  Dee commented on this recipe

  I really didn't like but hubby loved it.So I will have to put on the do again list

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• Tori

  02 November 2008

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• Paul

  22 September 2009

  Paul commented on this recipe

  This was OK. Felt that the sauce lacked a little something though. I would also do the dumplings for longer next time too.

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• bobster

  28 September 2009

  bobster commented on this recipe

  Fantabulous

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• Janste90

  01 October 2009

  Janste90 rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Made this last night, whole family really enjoyed it! Kids even ate the dumplings. Definately make this again, very easy!

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• Sarah Byfield

  10 November 2009

  Sarah Byfield rated and commented on this recipe

  

  The meat came out lovely and tender, but that's the only good thing really. It tasted really bitter and we had to put loads of salt & pepper on to try to mask the taste. I won't be making this again.

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• teapot

  04 December 2010

  teapot rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I didn't actually make the stew, I was just looking for a dumpling recipe. Mine came out lovely, I grated the onion and butter in the food processor (took 5 seconds!) and I did need the 6 tablespoons of water. I then added them to the stew I was making in the slow cooker and left them in there for several hours. They came out great, though a bit squashed. I made 6 large ones rather than 12 small as I was worried they would melt into the stew otherwise. Tasted delicious and fluffy!

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• honeybee

  01 March 2011

  honeybee rated and commented on this recipe

  

  A lovely rich stew. Used steak and kidney (just happened to have both in the freezer) Dumplings were good but mine were slightly crisp on top. Others have said that the sauce was bitter: when I tasted mine halfway through it was bitter, but at the end of the cooking time it had become sweet and rich.

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• Recipes

  28 August 2011

  Recipes rated and commented on this recipe

  

  The stew was very lacking in flavour - I had to save it with beef stock, tomato puree, roast garlic and a little bit of brown sugar. I didn't make the dumplings as I had defrosted some dumpling mix I had in the freezer.

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• evelyn-r

  28 November 2011

  evelyn-r rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I noted the comments on bitterness, and wondered if this was because there was far more Guinness in this than usual in recipes of this type. Usually a mix of Guinness & stock is used. I had 330ml bottles, so used one bottle and made up the rest with stock (from a cube) and it wasn't bitter at all. Could have done with the addition of something else - mushrooms perhaps. Will probably make again.

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• vgleave

  09 March 2012

  vgleave rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Can't comment on the stew, but the dumplings were lovely, this is my go to dumpling recipe now! I personally used all 6 tbsps of water. I make the dumplings quite small as they tend to rise a lot. Very nice.

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• littlegreendragon13

  09 May 2012

  littlegreendragon13 rated and commented on this recipe

  

  This was really delicious, so simple but very very tasty. We had the second half the following day and if anything it was even better then! We didn't bother with this dumpling recipe though, just made my own to my usual recipe, very tasty.

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Ingredients

• oil
• 1kg braising steak , cut into large pieces
• 2 tbsp plain flour , well seasoned
• 3 onions , sliced
• 500ml Guinness
• 2 sprigs thyme

DUMPLINGS

• 75g butter , frozen and grated
• 150g self-raising flour
• 1 small onion , grated
• 2 sprigs of thyme , leaves stripped and chopped

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Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Prep 40 mins

Cook 3 hrs

Ingredients

• oil
• 1kg braising steak , cut into large pieces
• 2 tbsp plain flour , well seasoned
• 3 onions , sliced
• 500ml Guinness
• 2 sprigs thyme

DUMPLINGS

• 75g butter , frozen and grated
• 150g self-raising flour
• 1 small onion , grated
• 2 sprigs of thyme , leaves stripped and chopped

Per serving

786 kcalories, protein 57,7g, carbohydrate 44,9g, fat 39,7 g, saturated fat 19,4g, fibre 2,9g, salt 1,04 g

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