Chunky veg stew with cheesy dumplings recipe

Name: Chunky veg stew with cheesy dumplings
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 1 tbsp olive oil; 1 onion, finely chopped; 2 celery sticks, thinly sliced; 1 red chilli, finely chopped (keep the seeds in if you like heat); 2 x 350g packs butternut squash and sweet potato, cut into 2cm chunks; 1½ tsp ground cumin; 2 garlic cloves, crushed; 1.2ltr reduced salt vegetable stock; 400g tin butter beans, drained and rinsed; 150g baby spinach; 2 tbsp snipped chives, to serve; 100g plain flour; 100g lighter Greek salad cheese; 60ml semi-skimmed milk; 2 tbsp snipped chives

Created by The Tesco Recipes team

This hearty vegetarian one-pot meal is ideal for warming up with on a cold night. Adding Greek salad cheese to the dumplings gives them a slight salty tang, a great balance for the lightly spiced vegetable stew underneath.

See method

Serves 4
5 mins to prepare and 40 mins to cook
328 calories / serving

Vegetarian

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Tesco Olive Oil 250Ml
1 tbsp olive oil
£3.10
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Tesco Brown Onions Loose
1 onion, finely chopped
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Tesco Celery Sticks 250G
2 celery sticks, thinly sliced
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£3.60/kg
Tesco Red Chillies 60G
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1 red chilli, finely chopped (keep the seeds in if you like heat)
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Tesco Butternut Squash Each
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2 x 350g packs butternut squash and sweet potato, cut into 2cm chunks
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Tesco Ground Cumin 43G
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2 garlic cloves, crushed
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Knorr Vegetable Stock Cubes 20 x 10g
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1.2ltr reduced salt vegetable stock
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Biona Organic Butter Beans 400g
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400g tin butter beans, drained and rinsed
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Tesco Baby Spinach 250G
150g baby spinach
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£5.20/kg
Tesco Fresh Cut Chives 20G
2 tbsp snipped chives, to serve
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Stockwell & Co. Plain Flour 1.5Kg
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100g plain flour
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Stockwell & Co Salad Cream 450Ml
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100g lighter Greek salad cheese
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Creamfields Semi Skimmed UHT Milk 1L
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60ml semi-skimmed milk
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Method

To make the dumplings, blitz together the flour, Greek salad cheese, milk, chives and some black pepper in a food processor until well combined. Roll into 12 balls and set aside on a plate.
Heat the oil in a large, deep pan or casserole dish over a medium heat and add the onion, celery and chilli. Cook for 10 mins until softened.
Add the squash, sweet potatoes, cumin and garlic, increase the heat to medium-high and cook for 5 mins. Add the stock, bring to the boil, then reduce the heat and add the dumplings. Simmer for 25 mins, adding the butter beans 10 mins before the end.
To thicken the stew, mash some of the sweet potato, squash and beans with a wooden spoon against the side of the pan. Remove the pan from the heat and gently stir through the spinach. Divide between 4 bowls. Sprinkle with the chives and some black pepper before serving.