TOMATO & BEAN STEW WITH HERBY DUMPLINGS 💚

This all in one pan Tomato and Bean Stew with Herby Dumplings is perfect for a Sunday evening meal in January. It really is a great big pan of comforting deliciousness and so easy to make 👌💯🥰

Ingredients
Serves 4-6
2 celery sticks, finely chopped
4 carrots, finely chopped
2 white onions, finely diced
3 tins cannellini beans, drained and
2 tspn dried oregano or mixed herbs
1 carton passata
150ml vegetable stock (made with @marigoldhealthfoods veg bouillon)
1 tbspn tomato purée

Dumplings
160g self raising flour
100g vegetable suet
2 tbspn @marigoldhealthfoods nutritional yeast
1 tbspn fresh parsley, chopped
Salt and black pepper
150ml water

Method
For the stew
- heat the oven to 220*
- Heat a little olive oil in a deep bottomed pan on the hob and gently fry the celery, carrots, onion and garlic until softened
- Add the beans, oregano, passata, vegetable stock and tomato purée, stirring as you go
- Season with salt and black pepper, stir through and leave to simmer gently while you make the dumplings
- add the self raising flour, vegetable suet, salt, pepper, nutritional yeast and freshly chopped parsley to a mixing bowl and stir through, adding up to 150 ml cold water to bring it to a dough as you go
- Divide and roll into 12 dumplings, adding each one to your stew mixture
- Place the lid on top and bake in the oven for 20 minutes
- Take the lid off and return the pan to the oven to bake for a further 10 minutes until the dumplings have a slight crispy top
- Divide the stew and dumplings between bowls, garnish with freshly chopped parsley and enjoy ☺️

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