Has anyone done dumplings in the SC?

angelavdavis

I cook mine in the SC.

It depends on the power of the SC. My older lower power SC isn't really powerful enough to cook them, so I take some gravy from the stew out of the SC into a small saucepan and cook the dumplings in there separately (takes about 20 minutes).

On my more powerful machine, I add them in about 45 minutes before the end of cooking time.

Sharra

Thats great, thanks

Rikki

I agree with angelavdavis, I put mine in for the last twenty / thirty minutes of cooking time. Don't make them too big and I do turn mine half way through to check.

Larumbelle

I put mine in the slow cooker towards the end of cooking time, occasionally I take them out and cook them like angela if they're taking too long (it's weird, I'll happily let it simmer all day, then as it gets towards dinner time I get really impatient!)

The easiest way to tell if they're done is that they'll float when they're ready.

fizzel81

i pop them in a slow cooker if ive got it on high in under the last hour of cooking time mine seem to always come out ok and cooked

Fozz

Today I made a lovely beef stew in my SC, put in some dumplings and they came out heavy as lead and left a horrible greasy layer of melted suet on my stew! I did do them on "high", is that right?
We had my MIL round for lunch as well for a Mother's Day treat! I didn't realise about the oil slick of suet until I'd dished it all up either, but it wasn't too bad in the end - where did I go wrong?

McKneff

How long did you leave the dumplings in for. 20 to 30 mins is enough.

Fozz

I think it was about 20 minutes, but I was rushing round doing other things and didn't time them exactly.

tanith

What a shame , still at least it was edible...

Did you use plain flour by mistake?

The stew has to be boiling to cook the dumplings quite quickly 20 mins is adequate.. but the stew has to be at a rolling boil or they will not cook well...

whiteguineapig

i hardly dare type this but i use frozen aunt bessie ones. i cook them in the oven for about 15 mins i think then throw them in, i'm not even sure how long i leave them in i just put them in the oven with whatever else is so its pot luck, noones ever complained (but maybe they daren't) i think they are £1 for a bag of about 8