Vickys Scottish Beef Stew & Suet Doughballs GF DF EF SF NF. Fall apart beef cooked in the oven or the slow cooker - this Scottish beef stew is my favourite Scottish recipe and perfect recipe for Burns night - or any. Nick Nairn says that Scottish beef is some of the best in the world: "Our hardy wee beasts spend most of their time outdoors feeding on grass, and have the minimum amount of human intervention in their rearing." He strongly advises seeking out well-marbled beef for the most tender and succulent stew. Best type of beef for Scottish Beef Stew: Chuck steak (braising steak) - comes from the forequarter- Consisting of parts of the neck, shoulder blade, and upper arm.
Its very simple and very much like how Scottish beef stew would have been cooked traditionally. I have used beef shin for this recipe as its creates the most delicious stew. My Scottish beef is locally sourced from just around the corner to create this. To make Vickys Scottish Beef Stew & Suet Doughballs GF DF EF SF NF you need 20 ingredients and just 8 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients
- You need of lean braising steak, diced.
- It's of onions, diced or sliced.
- Prepare of carrots, diced or sliced.
- Prepare of large handfuls of peas.
- Prepare of beef stock.
- Prepare of chopped garlic.
- You need of tomato puree/paste.
- It's of worcestershire sauce, see below for a gluten-free recipe.
- You need of fresh parsley, finely chopped.
- It's of thyme leaves.
- Prepare of bay leaf.
- It's of cornflour/cornstarch mixed with a little cold water.
- You need of salt & pepper.
- It's of chopped celery (optional).
- Prepare of diced green sweet pepper (optional).
- You need of Doughballs/Dumplings.
- You need of self raising gf flour.
- You need of shredded suet.
- Prepare of each salt & pepper.
- It's of or enough water to combine.
DIRECTIONS Add chopped beef and onions and cook until browned. Stew will lightly cook the spinach. Great recipe for Vickys Scottish Beef Olives with Onion Gravy, GF DF EF SF NF. One passed down from my Grannie.
Vickys Scottish Beef Stew & Suet Doughballs GF DF EF SF NF instructions
- Put all the casserole ingredients apart from the cornflour in a large ovenproof dish with a lid and combine well. Let it sit for a few hours to soften and marinate the meat.
- Preheat the oven to gas 4 / 180C / 350°F.
- Put the dish in the oven. Total cooking time is 1 hr 45 minutes but you need to take the dish out and add the doughballs after an hour and 25 minutes.
- To make the doughballs, combine the dry ingredients and add just enough water to make a stiff dough.
- Split the dough into 8 and form into balls with floured hands. They'll expand in the oven.
- Take the casserole from the oven after 1 hr and 25 minutes. Place the doughballs on top of it and replace the lid. Put back in the oven for the remaining 20 minutes. If you like them crispy on top leave the lid off.
- When done, remove the bay leaf and thicken the gravy by stirring in the cornflour & water mixture. Serve with mashed potato. The doughballs should be fluffy and suck up the gravy from the stew.
- You can flavour the doughballs with rosemary, parsley or thyme if you like. My grannie made the best doughballs, we would fight over them lol.
It doesn't look like Jack is getting over his allergy to beef anytime soon so I use. Scottish Beef Stew - cooked in the oven or crockpot. Fall apart beef cooked in the oven or the slow cooker - this Scottish beef stew is my favourite Scottish recipe and perfect for Burns night! A stew is a combination of solid food ingredients that have been cooked in liquid and served in the resultant gravy. Ingredients in a stew can include any combination of vegetables and may include meat, especially tougher meats suitable for slow-cooking, such as beef, poultry, sausages, and seafood.