To want stew and dumplings

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I’m on my own since DH passed away. Cooking feels like a massive chore. I’m lying here craving stew and dumplings. I think I’ll start a stew and dumplings takeaway. Do you think it would work?

Thank you, they do sound delicious. I'll still ask my mum though as she will enjoy showing me and the dc how to do it. I might even get her super secret crumble recipe out of her too.

And yet Sainsbury's do a ready meal of it .

You can buy a ready mixed packed and just add water to them and chuck them into your stew to cook i think they say about 20, mins before you are ready to eat
I make a stew in the slow cooker so it's longer.

You've missed out.

Can't understand why anybody would buy a packet mix for dumplings because they are so easy and quick to make from scratch. I make them the way my Mum did - flour in a bowl, bit of salt and pepper, maybe some dried herbs; add some suet (Atora); mix in just enough water to make a dough; dollop spoonfuls onto the top of the hot stew; cook in oven or on stovetop until the dumplings are cooked. Oven is best because they get a little crust on top. Gorgeous.

Favourite family stew recipes please. Inspiration needed!

It is possible to use veg suet to make dumplings; I’m going to look into it now!

Atora vegetable suet is widely available. You will find it in the baking aisle of any supermarket.

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Mainly becsuse flour and suet is not something I normally buy ,so a packet works for me.

Stew and dumplings with a tump of white pepper is the one! I’m veggie so my mother has made me a veggie stew with veggie suet dumplings. Yes! I want that for breakfast

Suet I can understand, but you don't keep flour in the house? I admit to finding that unusual.

@PhantomAfternoonTea it's my 9 year olds favourite dinner, he asks for it as soon as it starts getting colder and for tea on the first day back to school in September.

I add herbs and also a handful of grated sharp cheddar, just like my granny did.

I've never knowingly eaten stew and dumplings - so if you start a S&D takeaway near me I might give it a go but don't think I'd be a regular customer!

I’m sorry for your loss OP.

We are having beef stew and dumplings this week. Always so many dumplings that they totally cover the stew. The children love it, they could eat 5 dumplings each if I let them 😄

We had stew and dumplings regularly when I was growing up, my mum made lovely stews and I've carried on making them.

I find that if I make one, I leave it in the fridge for two days before I eat it. It really enhances the flavour and makes it lovely and thick.

I put it back in the oven for an hour or so, put the dumplings on top, cook for a further 20-25 minutes and voila, perfect stew and dumplings.

In this current weather, I really don't think there is a better meal.

Why?

I agree with this. I think it also cooks from frozen so if you have a freezer you could pop it in there for next time you fancy it.

Oh c'mon, give us your recipe, please!

I can't do a chicken stew to save my life for some reason

Love stew and dumplings! Also love stew topped with suet pastry and baked in the oven. We always had pickled red cabbage with stew when I was a child.

That was a charming contribution to the thread. Are you an old fart OP?

I love stew and dumplings, when I lived alone I just made a pot and ate it all week in the winter

I've got a Tesco delivery today and I'm now kicking myself that I didn't get stew ingredients!

Do you never bake, @x2boys? Or make a bechamel sauce (or similar)?

I guess we’re all different! I like being in the kitchen, and find baking wonderfully meditative. And making proper macaroni cheese. I think I’d die if I couldn’t throw some speedy scones in the oven to assuage a bad mood occasionally!

No.

I am the only one who eats stew and dumplings in my house (I am old fashioned, vintage, antique, ancient etc.). I make a batch of stew and dumplings and freeze it in portions for me.