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At Your Request

August 27, 2011 Leave a Comment

The weather just recently has been so unpredictable that I didn’t know whether to post a barbecue recipe, salad or warming casserole for this Bank Holiday weekend. So I asked some of my loyal wls friends via Facebook just what recipes they would like. A chilli was one (and posted 2 days ago); a lamb chop recipe (coming soon); a plum pudding (to appear in my September newsletter next week); and a request for a slow-cooked beef stew with dumplings!

 

Now there is no ideal way to make a low-fat and low-carb dumpling but the recipe below is a good attempt at making these fluffy morsels as low-fat as possible and with some added fibre in the carbs (by using wholemeal flour, although you can use just white if preferred). I don’t pretend that they are ideal bariatric fare and so they are optional.  Nutritional information is given for a serving with and without the dumplings.

 

I made this in the conventional oven first-time around but then also tried it in the slow cooker. It’s good either way, but if you choose the slow-cooker then halve the amount of stock used.

 

You could also make a savoury mince recipe…like my shepherd’s pie recipe and put the dumplings on top for a mince and dumplings meal. The ideas are endless…but the dumpling recipe is the same.

 

OLD-FASHIONED BEEF STEW WITH OPTIONAL DUMPLINGS

 

Ingredients

Metric/US

low-fat cooking spray

1 kg/generous 2 lbs lean stewing beef/beef stew meat, cut into bite-sized pieces

1 large onion, sliced

225 g/8 oz small Chantenay carrots, trimmed

2 parsnips, peeled and cut into bite-sized pieces

350g/12 oz swede/rutabaga, peeled and cut into bite-sized pieces

2 tbsp tomato puree/paste

2 tbsp Worcesteshire sauce

500 ml/21/4 cups beef stock/bouillon

2 bay leaves

salt and freshly ground black pepper

Dumplings:

50g/4 tbsp low-fat spread

175g wholemeal self-raising flour/11/2 cups all-purpose wholemeal flour sifted with 11/2 tsp baking powder

4 tbsp chopped fresh parsley or snipped chives

6 tbsp cold water

 

Method

1.  Preheat the oven to 170 C/325 F/gas mark 3.

2.  Spray a large flameproof casserole with low-fat cooking spray, heat and cook the beef, in batches, until browned. Remove with a slotted spoon and set aside. Add the onion, carrots, parsnips and swede/rutabaga and cook for 5 minutes to soften.

3.  Return the beef to the casserole with the tomato puree, Worcestershire sauce, stock/bouillon, bay leaves and salt and pepper to taste, mixing well. Cover and cook in the oven for 2-21/2 hours until the meat is really tender.

4.  Meanwhile, to make the dumplings, rub the low-fat spread into the flour. Stir in the herbs with a little salt and pepper to taste. Add the water and mix to a soft slightly sticky dough. With floured hands, divide and shape the mixture into 12 walnut-sized balls and drop over the surface of the stew. Cover, return to the oven and cook for a further 30 minutes until the dumplings are puffy and cooked through. Serve piping hot with some green vegetables.

 

SERVES 6

WLS PORTION: 1/2

* suitable for freezing

 

Calories per portion with dumplings/without:  403/278

Protein:  50.2g/46.2g

Carbohydrate:  31.4g/13.5g

Fat:  8.8g/4.8g

 

Image courtesy of Waitrose

 

 

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