BBC Food - Recipes - Boeuf bourguignon with baguette dumplings

Ingredients

• 900g/2lb beef shin or stewing beef, cut into 6 large chunks
• 2 tbsp plain flour
• 2 tbsp vegetable oil
• 150g/5½oz lardons or cubes of smoked bacon
• 10 button onions or shallots , peeled
• 2 cloves garlic , crushed flat
• 1 bay leaf
• bunch parsley , stalks only
• sprig of thyme
• sprig of rosemary
• 3 cloves
• 10 peppercorns , crushed
• 500ml/18fl oz red wine
• 1 tbsp tomato purée
• 1 tsp sugar
• 1 tsp salt
• 10 chestnut mushrooms
• parsley leaves, chopped, to garnish
• 200g/7oz stale baguette or other bread (crust included)
• handful chopped parsley
• 250ml/9oz milk
• pinch of nutmeg
• salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 1 free-range egg
• 1 tbsp plain flour
• butter , for frying