Winter Beef Stew with Dumplings – Cornish Sea Salt Company Ltd

Ingredients

• 3 tbsp vegetable oil
• 1 kg braising beef steak, cut into 4cm chunks
• 1 onion, roughly chopped
• 2 medium carrots, cut into 2.5cm pieces
• 2 celery sticks, thickly sliced
• 3 tbsp tomato purée
• 1 garlic clove, crushed
• 3tbsp plain flour
• 800ml beef stock
• 2tbsp Worcestershire sauce
• 3 bay leaves
• Small bunch of thyme
• 1tsp Cornish Sea Salt Crystals
• 125 g (4oz) self-raising flour, plus extra to dust
• 60 g (2½oz) suet
• ½ tsp salt
• 1 tbsp finely chopped fresh parsley