Beef Stew With Turnips Carrots Potatoes

Ingredients

• 5 lbs beef chuck, cut into small pieces
• Fat from beef (for frying)
• Boiling water
• 2/3 cup turnips, cut into small cubes
• 2/3 cup carrots, cut into small cubes
• 1/2 onion, chopped fine
• Salt and pepper to taste
• 4 cups potatoes, cut into small pieces
• 1/4 cup flour
• 2 cups all-purpose flour (for dumplings)
• 4 tsp baking powder (for dumplings)
• 1/2 tsp salt (for dumplings)
• 2 tsp butter (for dumplings)
• 2/3 cup milk (for dumplings)

Method

1. 1 Cut beef into small pieces and remove excess fat. Render the fat in a large pot, then brown the meat in it.
2. 2 Cover meat with boiling water, boil for 5 minutes, then reduce heat and simmer until meat is tender.
3. 3 In the last hour of cooking, add turnips, carrots, onion, salt, and pepper.
4. 4 Fifteen minutes before serving, add potatoes and sprinkle flour to thicken the stew.
5. 5 Mix dumpling ingredients (flour, baking powder, salt, butter, milk). Roll out, cut into shapes, and drop into the stew to cook.