Beef Casserole With Cheese Dumplings

Casseroles & stews are a fantastic way to turn a ‘relatively’ cheap cut of beef into a beautiful melt in your mouth dinner full of taste and flavour.

The beef & vegetables are initially pan fried before being baked to their beautiful tender best. The ricotta based cheese dumplings that top the casserole provide a lovely golden finish adding a wonderful texture and taste.

This is a simple to make dish that provides a substantial comfort meal. A great dish for winter, but for our family, it’s good all year round.

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Beef Casserole With Cheese Dumplings

Prep Time

25 minutes

Cook Time

2 hours 15 minutes

Servings

people

Ingredients

Beef Casserole

• 3 tbsp Olive Oil
• 1.2 kg Chuck Steak or other casserole steak, cut into bite size pieces
• 1 Brown Onion diced
• 2 Carrots roughly chopped
• 2 cloves Garlic crushed
• 250 g Mushrooms chopped
• 400 g Diced Tomatoes 1 can
• 1/2 cup Beef Gravy we use Gravox
• 2 cups Beef Stock use stock cube
• 1 tbsp Ground Rosemary
• Fresh parsley chopped to garnish

Dumplings

• 200 g Ricotta Cheese
• 3/4 cup Parmesan grated
• 1 Egg
• 1/3 cup Self-Raising Flour
• 1 tbsp Fresh parsley chopped
• 1 tbsp Ground Oregano

Prep Time 25 minutes Cook Time 2 hours 15 minutes Servings people Ingredients Beef Casserole 3 tbsp Olive Oil 1.2 kg Chuck Steak or other casserole steak, cut into bite size pieces 1 Brown Onion diced 2 Carrots roughly chopped 2 cloves Garlic crushed 250 g Mushrooms chopped 400 g Diced Tomatoes 1 can 1/2 cup Beef Gravy we use Gravox 2 cups Beef Stock use stock cube 1 tbsp Ground Rosemary Fresh parsley chopped to garnish Dumplings 200 g Ricotta Cheese 3/4 cup Parmesan grated 1 Egg 1/3 cup Self-Raising Flour 1 tbsp Fresh parsley chopped 1 tbsp Ground Oregano

Instructions

Beef Casserole

1. Pre-heat a fan forced oven to 180°C (350°F).
2. Heat 2 tbsp olive oil in a large baking dish over medium high heat.
3. Add beef and cook until browned. You may need to cook the beef in batches. Set beef aside.
4. Add 1 tbsp olive oil to the baking dish.
5. Add onion, carrot, garlic & mushrooms. Cook, stirring regularly, for a few minutes until onion softens.
6. Return beef to baking dish. Stir to mix through
7. Add mushrooms, diced tomatoes, beef gravy, beef stock and rosemary to baking dish. Stir to mix through. Bring to boil then remove from heat.
8. Cover baking dish and place in oven. Cook for 90 minutes.
9. Remove baking dish from oven and spoon the dumpling mixture over the top (refer instructions below). then sprinkle with remaining 1/4 cup parmesan.
10. Return baking dish to oven, uncovered, and bake a further 25-30 minutes or until dumplings are golden.
11. Remove baking dish from oven, garnish with parsley and serve

Dumplings

1. Add ricotta, 1/2 cup parmesan, egg, flour, parsley & oregano to a bowl. Stir to fully mix through. Set aside.