Mutton Stew with Minted Dumplings

This Mutton Stew with Minted Dumplings is slow cooked to turn the meat into the most flavoursome yet tender meat ever. If you’ve never tried mutton before, please do give this recipe a go, it’s fabulous!

Oh yeah! This dish is a little beauty, and brings all the best elements of a good stew together. Not only do you have the softest, tenderest meat drenched in a rich red wine based gravy, you have these little dumplings which are flavoured with fresh mint leaves and complement the mutton a treat.

OK, sales pitch over :)

I’m assuming that any good butcher will be able to source mutton for you if you ask them nicely And if they can’t source mutton but can sell you hogget, then that’ll do just fine (if you’re wondering what the difference is: lamb is from a sheep up to the age of one, hogget is a sheep aged between one and two, and mutton is a sheep older than two).

You have to cook mutton and hogget slower than lamb otherwise it’ll be tough as old boots, but as always, this is where the slow cooker becomes your best friend. It excels at turning the tough and inedible into the most unctuous and delicious of meaty treats.

PS If it’s important to you that your greens are perfectly cooked (and seriously, who enjoys overcooked sprouts??!) feel free to steam them separately and then slip them in under the dumplings just before you serve ;)

Janie x

Mutton Stew with Minted Dumplings

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Mutton Stew with Minted Dumplings

Prep Time

10 mins

Cook Time

4 hrs 30 mins

Total Time

4 hrs 40 mins

 

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: British

Keyword: Mutton Stew with Minted Dumplings

Servings: 6

Calories: 481 kcal

Author: Jane Sarchet

Ingredients

Mutton Stew

• 600 g mutton trimmed of large pieces of fat and chopped into bite size pieces
• 4 large carrots or the equivalent amount of any other root veg of choice, chopped
• 2 onions chopped
• 4 cloves garlic
• 1/2 litre red wine
• Hot water
• 250 g Brussel sprouts quartered lengthways
• 1 leek washed and thinly sliced into rings
• 2 teaspoons cornflour
• Salt & a generous amount of black pepper

Minted Dumplings

• 100 g plain flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder or just use 100g self raising flour and omit the baking powder
• 50 g suet
• Pinch of salt
• 30 fresh mint leaves finely chopped
• 5 tablespoons cold water

UK Measurements - USA Measurements

Instructions

Mutton Stew

1. Brown the meat in a hot pan in batches and pop in the slow cooker.
2. Add in the carrots, onions, garlic and red wine.
3. Flatten the ingredients in the slow cooker with a spoon, boil a kettle and top up the slow cooker until just below the top of the meat/veg.
4. Cook the stew for around 4 hours of high, or 8 hours on low.

Dumplings

1. 1 hour before the cooking time is finished add the sprouts and leeks to the stew, Mix the cornflour with a tablespoon or two of cold water and stir into the stew along with a little salt and plenty of black pepper. Pop the lid back on whilst you make the dumplings by mixing the dry ingredients together with the chopped mint leaves and water, and bring it altogether into a pliable dough. Divide into 8 balls and pop onto the top of the stew. Cook on high for another 30 minutes or until the dumplings have expanded and are cooked through.
2. Serve with crusty bread and plenty of butter.

Nutrition Facts

Mutton Stew with Minted Dumplings

Amount Per Serving

Calories 481 Calories from Fat 279

% Daily Value*

Fat 31g48%

Saturated Fat 14g88%

Cholesterol 78mg26%

Sodium 106mg5%

Potassium 716mg20%

Carbohydrates 28g9%

Fiber 4g17%

Sugar 5g6%

Protein 21g42%

Vitamin A 7570IU151%

Vitamin C 44.6mg54%

Calcium 111mg11%

Iron 3.8mg21%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.