6 herb dumplings suet Recipes

lean stewing beef or 1 1/2 lbs braising beef, trimmed of fat and cubed or 1 1/2 lbs lean ground beef, plain flour, butter, salt, black pepper, onions, peeled and chopped, garlic cloves, peeled and finely diced, carrots, peeled and diced, turnips (optional) or 2 small swede, peeled and finey diced (optional), chopped plum tomatoes, beef stock (made up with half water and beer or beef stock, made up with half water and wine), self raising flour, dried herbs (such as parsley, sage, thyme, majoram and rosemary) or 1 tbsp freshly chopped mixed herbs (such as parsley, sage, thyme, majoram and rosemary), shredded vegetable suet or 4 oz grated frozen butter, water, to mix

self raising flour, shredded vegetable suet or 2 oz grated frozen butter, cold water, to mix, salt, pepper, garlic granules (optional), dried herbs (optional), onion salt (optional), oregano (optional), chili powder (optional), chopped fresh herb (optional)

self raising flour, salt and pepper, chopped fresh parsley or 1 tsp dried, dried mixed herbs, shredded suet, smoked bacon rashers, finely chopped

stew, half a kilo of stewing beef or any cut you prefer chopped into 1 inch cubes, onions chopped roughly, carrots sliced (not to thin), sized swede (chopped ), fennel bulb (chopped ), pumpkin (skinned and chopped ), celery (de stringed and sliced), meduim to large old potoatos (chopped) or 10 new potatos cut in half., minature marrows (sliced ), button mushrooms left whole, half a cup of red lentils, half a cup of pearl barley, good pinch of salt and pepper, dried herbs, vegetable stock cube, beef stock cube, gravy thickening granuals, enough water to just cover the stew ingredients for cooking, dumplings, self raising flour, vegetarian suet or beef suet, good pinch of salt and pepper. you can add herbs if you wish but use sparingly.