crockpot - Irish Stew + Dumplings
Source of Recipe
from WhisperingPass at alleasycookin
crockpot - Irish Stew + Dumplings
3/4 pound beef, cut into cubes
3/4 cup flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoon fat (vegetable shortening)
1/4 cup carrot
1/4 cup turnip
1/4 cup onion
3/4 cup diced potato
2 1/2 cups boiling water
Salt and pepper to taste
1 teaspoon instant coffee
Dredge beef cubes in a mixture of the flour and salt.
Brown meat in fat; remove with slotted spoon. Set aside.
Place remaining ingredients in crockpot/slow cooker.
Add beef. Do not stir. Cover, cook on LOW about 5 hours.
When meat is tender, remove meat and vegetables from
crockpot.
Mix 3 tablespoons flour to 3 tablespoons water (plus
dashes of salt and pepper) in a cup until the mixture
resembles a paste. Stir into liquid in crockpot. Add the
coffee, ( it makes gravy turn brown). When liquid is heated,
return meat and vegetables to heat.
Add dumplings from recipe below and cook for 1 more hour.
Dumplings
1/2 cup flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 teaspoon baking powder
3/4 tablespoon shortening
1/4 cup milk
Sift together flour, salt and baking powder. Cut in shortening.
Gradually add milk and mix until smooth. Drop by tablespoons
on top of hot stew. Cover. Cook for last hour.
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