Beef Stew With Mustard Dumplings By Penzeys

Total Time: 2 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 lbs chuck roast, cut into 1-inch cubes
• 2 tablespoons olive oil or 2 tablespoons canola oil
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 2 cups beef stock (or 2 tsp beef soup base mixed in 2 cups of water)
• 2 turkish bay leaves
• 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon marjoram
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon granulated garlic powder
• 1/2 teaspoon thyme
• 1/2 teaspoon parsley
• 1 tablespoon beef roast seasoning
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 1 lb carrot, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch coins
• 1 cup all-purpose flour, sifted
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon ground celery seed
• 1 teaspoon regular mustard powder
• 1 teaspoon parsley
• 1/4 teaspoon granulated onion powder
• 1/3 cup milk
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 tablespoon melted butter

Recipe

• 1 heat the oil in a large, heavy stock pot.
• 2 roll the meat in the flour and shake off the excess.
• 3 brown the meat in the pot.
• 4 while the meat is browning, mix the tomato sauce, beef stock, bay leaves, pepper, marjoram, salt, garlic, thyme, parsley, and beef roast seasoning together in a bowl.
• 5 once the meat has browned, arrange the onions and carrots over the meat.
• 6 add the stock.
• 7 partially cover the pot and simmer gently for about two hours.
• 8 while the stew is simmering, make your dumpling dough.
• 9 sift together the flour and baking powder.
• 10 add the ground celery seed, mustard, parsley, and onion powder to the flour mixture.
• 11 in a seperate bowl, add the milk to the beaten egg, then stir into the flour mixture.
• 12 add the melted butter and stir to blend.
• 13 the dough should be soft not sticky.
• 14 on a lightly floured surface, roll out the dough to about 1/4" thickness.
• 15 cut dough with a very small ring cutter(a doughnut hole cutter works well).
• 16 once the stew has simmered for 2 hours, drop the dumplings into the stew, cover and simmer for 10 minutes and serve.