About Authentic English Recipes It's great to try new recipes for the first time. To experience new flavors and food combinations you may never have thought of. But for most of our day to day cooking we never open a cookbook or precisely measure ingredients. We go by what feels right and the experience of cooking the same meal many times before. The How To Make Authentic English Recipes series is more about the method and the ingredients than it is about precise measuring. This is the way our Grandmothers and Mothers cooked. These are recipes my Grandmother passed down to my Mother and then to me. I hope you enjoy this series of cookbooks and will soon be using these homemade recipes and cooking like a true Brit. About How To Make Beef Stew With Dumplings Beef and kidney stew is a dinner staple in every British kitchen. It is very simple to make but if you make the mistake of throwing everything in a pot and boiling it you will end up with a disaster. This guide shows you, in an easy step-by-step manner, how to make not just beef stew but any stew, perfectly every time. No matter whether you are making beef, ham, chicken, turkey or vegetable stew it's the flavor of the gravy that will make or break it. Learn the secrets to good gravy starting with a good stock or broth and the proper seasonings. Learn how to make good nutritious, flavorful stews from scratch, using fresh ingredients, without a recipe. Learn how to fix any of your experiments that don't work out. As a bonus, I've included my recipe for a mouthwatering Steak and Kidney Meat Pie. Get this popular book today and start cooking!