Beef & Guinness stew with bacon dumplings | Recipe Cart | Recipe Cart

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp vegetable oil
• 1kg boneless beef shin, cut into 3cm chunks
• 200g pearl onions or small shallots
• 4 medium carrots, chopped to the same size as the shallots
• 3 celery sticks, cut into bite-sized chunks
• 3 tbsp plain flour
• 500ml beef or chicken stock
• 500ml Guinness
• 1 large thyme sprig
• 4 star anise
• buttered cabbage and mash, to serve
• 100g smoked bacon, finely minced
• ½ tbsp oil
• 1 tsp thyme leaves
• 125g self-raising flour
• 60g beef suet
• 1 egg yolk
• small pack parsley, leaves picked and finely chopped