Emergency Dumplings
A community recipe by BrybazNot tested or verified by Nigella.com
Introduction
Have you ever run out of Suet and wanted to make Dumplings and then wondered how you can without suet. I invented this one and it is nice if you want to make Dumplings. I use butter instead of suet and it works well every time. It does taste different and has a different texture to suet dumplings but no one will know if you don't tell them.

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Ingredients
Makes: 8
- 250 grams self-raising flour (sieved)
- 75 grams butter
- 1 small red onion (chopped)
- 1 tablespoon dried parsley
- 6 tablespoons red wine vinegar
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Method
Emergency Dumplings is a community recipe submitted by Brybaz and has not been tested by Nigella.com so we are not able to answer questions regarding this recipe.
- Put self-raising flour in a bowl and add the parsley and chopped red onion mixing well.
- Rub the butter and flour into fine bread crumbs along with the other ingredients.
- Add the red wine vinegar until you make a dough. Add more vinegar if it is too dry until it is the right dough texture.
- Pull a small handful and roll into a ball and put on top of the stew, leaving enough space to expand. Continue until all the dough is used up. You should have 8 balls.
- Cover and cook in the stew for about 45 mins until double in size and looks like suet dumplings.
Additional Information
TIP:
You can use any herbs or spices and water instead of vinegar depending on your taste. The vinegar gives the dumplings extra special flavour and the red onion gives a please look too.
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