Red wine beef with dumplings

I’ve always had a fondness for dumplings and it’s not because when I was a child I could have been described as one. Don’t mock–I have photographic proof!

Nobody seems to make old-fashioned dumplings anymore. In fact, nowadays if you mention dumplings people instantly think of yum cha but, on cold wintery nights, there really is nothing more warming than a buttery dumpling soaked in a rich, meaty sauce.