How to Cook Mince & Dumplings

Ingredients

• 500g Grass Fed Beef Mince
• F&Co Beef dripping
• Splash red wine vinegar
• Pinch of sugar
• 1 tbls. tomato puree
• 500 ml Rich beef stock
• Good splash of Henderson’s relish or Worcester sauce
• 1 large onion peeled & diced
• 2 carrots peeled & diced
• 2 sticks celery peeled & diced
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 tsp. fresh thyme leaves
• Sea salt
• cracked black pepper
• 1 tsp. cornstarch mixed with a splash of cold water
• 150g S/R flour
• 75g suet or cold butter, grated
• 75g red leicester or mature cheddar
• bunch of chives finely chopped