Mince with herb dumplings Archive

Ingredients

• 200ml/7fl oz sunflower oil
• 7 large onions, halved and thinly sliced
• 14 garlic cloves, peeled and finely chopped
• 14 celery sticks, stringed and finely sliced
• 14 medium carrots, peeled and diced
• 3.5kg/4lb 10oz lean minced beef
• 2.7kg/6lb canned chopped tomatoes
• 200g/7oz tomato purée
• 3.2 litres/5 pints 12fl oz beef stock, fresh or made with 7 cubes
• 1 tbsp caster sugar
• 7 fresh bay leaves
• sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 1.8kg/4lb self-raising flour
• 900g/2lb shredded beef suet or lard
• 1 tbsp fine sea salt
• small bunch fresh parsley, finely chopped
• 2 sprigs fresh thyme, leaves finely chopped
• 2 sprigs fresh rosemary, leaves finely chopped