Bean and Vegetable Stew with Cheese Dumplings Recipe
A hearty bean and vegetable stew with dumplings, featuring cauliflower, green beans, zucchini, tomatoes, peas, and cannellini beans seasoned with French herbs and topped with cheddar cheese dumplings. Serve this veggie stew alongside crispy jacket potatoes for a comforting meal.
Ingredients
bean vegetable Stew
- black pepper (to taste)
- 1 tin tinned cannellini beans
- 0.5 head cauliflower
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 whole courgette
- 1 tsp herb de provence
- 55 grams green beans
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 whole onions
- 75 grams frozen peas
- salt (to taste)
- 0.5 cube stock cube veg
- 1 tin tinned tomatoes
- 500 ml water (boiling)
- 1 tsp yeast extract
Dumplings
- 55 grams butter
- 25 grams cheddar cheese
- 25 grams whole oats
- 70 grams self raising flour
Potatoes
- 2 whole baking potatoes
- 10 grams butter
Instructions
- chop the courgettes into chip shapes, wash the vegetables, cut the cauliflower into florets, trim the green beans
- peel and chop the onion(s) finely, heat the frying pan with a little oil and add the onions, cook for 5 minutes
- peel and crush the garlic using the garlic crusher or chop finely add to the onions, add the cauliflower, cook for 5 minutes
- add the courgettes to the onion mix, cook for 3 to 4 mins, add the herb de provence and the green beans to the onion and courgette mix, cook for 2 minutes
- Drain and rinse the cannellini beans, Add the beans and peas to the vegetable stew mix, cook for 2 minutes
- set the oven to 190C 375F or gas mark 5, add the stock cube to boiling water, add the tinned tomatoes and stock to the bean and veg stew
- add the yeast extract to the frying pan, season with salt and pepper, add the contents of the frying pan to the casserole dish, place in the oven, cook for 10 mins
- wash the , potatoes, cook in the microwave for 4 mins, place in the oven with the stew
- grate the cheese, rub the butter into the flour till it forms breadcrumbs and then mix in the grated cheese, take a tablespoon of mixture and shape into dumplings, coat in the rolled oats, remove the stew from the oven, add the dumplings to the stew
- place in the oven, cook for 10 mins to 15 mins
- remove the stew and jacket potatoes from the oven, place the stew on the plate with 2 dumplings
- cut a cross on the top of the jacket and squeeze the potato to open it up, add some butter, add the jacket potato to the serving dish
- if cooking extra for the freezer store the extra stew in a freezable container allow to cool and then place in freezer
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