Beef Stew with Dumplings - Stir it up Magazine

Ingredients

• 1000 ml beef stock made from Country Range Beef Bouillon Powder
• 200 ml Country Range Red Cooking Wine
• 400 g Country Range Chopped Tomatoes
• 1 tsp Country Range Dried Mixed Herbs
• 2 Country Range Dried Bay Leaves
• 1 Country Range Whole Star Anise
• 50 ml vegetable oil
• 600 g diced chuck steak
• 1 diced onion
• 1 diced stick celery
• 1 diced carrot
• 1/2 diced small leek
• 1 crushed clove garlic
• 100 g Country Range Suet Pastry Mix
• 50 ml water
• Salt and pepper to taste