Recipe: Perfect Beef and Mushroom Stew

Beef and Mushroom Stew.

You can cook Beef and Mushroom Stew using 19 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Beef and Mushroom Stew

1. It's of Stew.
2. Prepare 350 grams of Beef Shin.
3. Prepare 80 grams of Smoked Bacon Lardons.
4. Prepare 3 of Carrots, roughly chopped.
5. Prepare 80 grams of Porcini mushrooms.
6. You need 500 ml of Red Wine.
7. It's 500 ml of Beef Stock.
8. It's 3 of whole Shallots.
9. Prepare 3 grams of fresh parsley, left on the stalk.
10. You need 2 tbsp of seasoned plain flour.
11. It's 1 tbsp of Olive oil.
12. Prepare of Herby Dumplings.
13. It's 3 1/2 tbsp of Suet.
14. You need 5 tbsp of plain flour.
15. Prepare 1/2 tbsp of tarragon.
16. You need 1/2 tbsp of sage.
17. You need 1/2 tbsp of dried parsley.
18. Prepare 1/2 tbsp of dried chives.
19. It's 1 of water to bind.

Beef and Mushroom Stew instructions

1. Gently heat the wine until hot but not bubbling..
2. Pre-heat the oven to 170°C /150°C fan..
3. Soak the porcini, fresh parsley and the shallots in the wine. Removing from heat..
4. Heat and oven proof casserole dish on the hob. Dry fry the bacon lardons until starting to brown. Then add the shallots from the wine and brown,then remove..
5. Add the olive oil to heat. Coat the beef shin in the seasoned flour and the brown in the pot. Once browned remove..
6. Boil a little bit of water and tip in the pot to deglaze. Add the red wine that the mushrooms have been soaking in, but do not add the mushrooms. Cook for about 2-3mins on high..
7. Add the carrots, followed by the meat, shallots and mushrooms. Take the fresh parsley, chop up and add..
8. Add the beef stock, keep on the heat until it begins to bubble..
9. Place the lid on and place in the oven for 2.5hours. Then add the dumplings..
10. For the dumplings: mix all the ingredients with water until it binds in to a firm but wet mixture. Shape and place in the pot with the lid on, raising the oven temp to 190°C / 170°C fan. Cook for 20mins. Remove the lid and cook for 5-10 more mins..