Beef Stew with Dumplings

Name: Beef Stew with Dumplings
Yield: Serves 4–6
Ingredients: 30 ml tomato paste; about 375 ml warm water; 45 ml cake flour; 5 g instant dry yeast; 5 ml white sugar; 5 ml salt; 280 g cake flour, sifted; 410 g can chopped tomatoes; 2 onions, chopped; 1 large carrot, peeled and chopped; 250 g button mushrooms, halved; 500 g stewing beef; 30 ml olive oil; 1 bay leaf; salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste; 4 sprigs fresh thyme; 500 ml beef stock

Preparation info

Serves
4–6

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Simply Delicious

By Zola Nene

Published 2016

About

Dumplings or amadombolo were usually reserved for big traditional family gatherings on my grandfather’s farm, but occasionally Mom would surprise us with a hearty stew served with dumplings.

Ingredients

45 ml cake flour
salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
500 g stewing beef

Main course

Method

Season the flour with salt and pepper and use to coat the beef.
Heat the oil in a large saucepan with a tight-fitting lid over high heat and brown the beef in batches. Set aside all the meat.
To the same saucepan, add the onions, carrot, bay leaf, thyme and mushrooms. Sauté until the vegetables begin to soften and brown.
Add the tomato paste