Crock Pot- Beef Stew With Red Wine And Herb Dumplings

Total Time: 10 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 10 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 lbs lean stewing beef, in 1 inch pieces
• 4 carrots, in 1/2 inch slices
• 2 onions, sliced
• 1/4 cup water
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1 teaspoon dry mustard
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup beef broth or 3/4 cup dry red wine
• 8 sliced mushrooms
• 14 1/2 ounces diced tomatoes with juice
• 2 cups flour
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 4 tablespoons butter or 4 tablespoons margarine
• 1 cup 2% low-fat milk
• 1/4 teaspoon dried sage, crumbled
• 1/4 teaspoon dried rosemary, crumbled
• 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1/4 teaspoon dried chives

Recipe

• 1 preparation:.
• 2 combine the beef, carrots, onions, tomatoes, thyme, pepper, mustard, mushrooms, and wine or beef broth.
• 3 if you are using wine, use all the salt.
• 4 if you are using beef broth you might not need it depending on the saltiness of the broth so taste it to see.
• 5 cover and cook on a low heat for 8 to 10 hours or a high heat for 4 or 5 hours.
• 6 the vegetables and beef will become tender.
• 7 combine the flour and water and stir this slowly into the beef stew.
• 8 for herb dumplings.
• 9 combine flour, baking powder, sage, rosemary, thyme, chives and salt in a bowl.
• 10 cut in butter that's been kept at room temperature or use soft margarine.
• 11 stir milk lightly into the flour mixture with a wooden spoon and adjust amounts to make sure that you have a moist dumpling dough.
• 12 drop spoonfuls of the dough on to the hot beef stew, then cover allow to cook on high for 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the herb dumplings comes out clean.
• 13 do not overcook dumplings. dumplings may disintegrate if left to cook too long.