Rich Beef Casserole with Herb and Cheese Dumplings
A vegetable packed beef casserole, topped with fluffy cheese and herb dumplings
Equipment
- 6L slow cooker
Ingredients
Casserole Ingredients
- 1 kg casserole beef, diced – eg chuck steak, gravy beef etc
- 2 tbsp plain flour
- Salt and pepper to season
- 1 onion, chopped
- 3 small carrots, sliced
- 1 cup Diced pumpkin
- 1 cup diced sweet potato
- 2 stalks Celery, sliced
- 2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
- 410 gram can of crushed tomatoes
- 390 gram Rosella concentrated French Onion Soup – you can see it here. (It's a liquid soup, not a dry soup mix)
- 1 cup frozen green peas
- 2 tbsp cornflour mixed with 2 tbsp water to thicken
Dumplings Recipes
- 1 cup self raising flour
- 60 grams butter
- 1/2 tsp Dried oregano
- 1/2 tsp dried parsley
- 1/2 tsp mustard powder
- 1/2 cup Grated Parmesan cheese
- 1/2 cup milk
Instructions
- Add plain flour and salt and pepper to beef and shake to coat/flour. I do this in a bag to make it easy. Then add this floured meat to the slow cooker
- Add all the vegetables to the slow cooker and mix with meat.
- Combine tomatoes, soup and sauce, pour over and stir to combine.
- Do not add the peas or the cornflour mix until later
- Cook on HIGH for 6 hours initially, then add your peas.
- At this point, then stir through your conflour mix to thicken the casserole. Now you'll make your dumplings…
- To make dumplings, combine the flour, mustard, and herbs in a large bowl. Add the butter and use your fingertips to rub in until crumbly. Stir in the parmesan, then make a well in centre. Add milk and use a knife to combine until mixture starts to clump together.
- Gently gather dough together and make golf ball sized dumpling balls (I made 14) . Gently drop them on top of casserole, spaced apart, as they will expand.
- Cover with tea towel trick and continue to cook on low for another 60mins or until dumplings are cooked.
- Serve a hearty bowl of casserole topped with 2-3 fluffy dumplings per bowl
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Can I cook this on a low setting instead of high?
I’ve not done so but I’d guess around 8-9hrs low should be good
Complete bowl of deliciousness. The meat was fall apart tender. I used gravy beef.
For the dumplings I used grated tasty cheese with good sprinkle of grated Parmesan.
So happy you enjoyed it too! Thanks for the fab 5-star feedback Kerry 🙂