SLOW COOKED BEEF AND BEER CASSEROLE WITH PARSLEY DUMPLINGS…

Ingredients...........700gm of cubed stweing steak/ chuck steak, 2 medium onions finely chopped, 3 tbs of mionced garlic, 150gm of bacon pieces, 1 and 1/2 cups of beer/ even flat beer is good to use, 1 tbs of golden syrup/ treacle, 1 tbs of soft brown sugar, 1 tbs of Worcestershire sauce. Spray your slow cooker with cooking spray and turn on high to heat. Place the cubed beef in your slow cooker. Lightly brown the onions and bacon in a pan over a medium heat and then add them to your slow cooker. Add the remaining ingredients and stir everything together. Place the lid on your slow cooker and turn the temperature down to low and cook for 6 hours. Ingredients for the dumplings.......2 cups of plain flour, 3 tsp of baking powder, 1/2 tsp of salt, 3 tbs of chopped parsley, 25gm of melted butter/ marg, 1 cup of milk. So after 6 hours , switch your slow cooker to high. Mix the flour , baking powder and salt in a large bowl. sprinkle in the parsley, then pour in the melted butter/ marg and milk. Mix briefly to form a soft dough. After 30 minutes when the casserole is boiling add the dumplings. Drop dsp sized blobs onto the boiling casserole, leaving a little room for spreading. Put the lid back on and cook for a further 30 minutes.