Sausage and Red Wine Dumpling Stew

When considering what to have for dinner one evening I saw a half open bottle of wine and started wondering if it could be used in making dumplings to give them a unique flavour. It turns out that it can.

Ingredients:

• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 1 tbsp sunflower oil
• 1 stock cube
• 5 vegetarian frankfurters, chopped into 1cm pieces
• 150g french beans, doesn't matter if they're frozen or not
• 800ml boiling water
• 1 tsp sage
• 300g self-raising flour
• 100ml red wine

Method:

1. Fry the onion in the oil until golden brown.
2. Add the stock cube, frankfurters, beans, water and sage to the pan and bring to a simmer.
3. While that's heating up, mix the self-raising flour with the wine in a bowl until a stiff dough forms.
4. Divide the dough into 12 balls.
5. Add the balls of dough to the top of the stew and place a lid on the sauce pan.
6. Simmer for 20 minutes, turning the dumplings after 10 minutes so that they are cooked on both sides.
7. Serve on a plate or in bowls.

Serves 3 to 4.