Casserole Beef With Carrots and Dumplings | Community Recipes | Nigella's Recipes | Nigella Lawson

Ingredients

• 750 grams braising steak (cut into 4cm chunks)
• oil (beef dripping or lard)
• 4 large carrots (cut into thick wedges)
• 1 stick celery
• 6 shallots (or pickling onions)
• 1 clove garlic (finely chopped)
• 3 sprigs fresh thyme (finely chopped)
• 250 millilitres red wine
• 2 tablespoons plain flour
• 500 millilitres beef stock (or chicken stock)
• 1 small onion (finely chopped)
• 4 rashers bacon (finely chopped)
• 60 grams breadcrumbs
• 100 grams self-raising flour
• 60 grams suet