Stewed Shin of Beef (with Dumplings)

Directions

1. Prepare the carrots and turnips and boil them quickly 20 minutes in 1 quart of water.
2. Cut the meat into pieces, fry a light brown in the dripping, then place the pieces in a saucepan.
3. Peel and slice the onions, fry them in the same dripping, then stir in carefully 2 tablespoonfuls of flour to brown.
4. Add the carrots and turnips to the meat, pour the water in which they were boiled into the frying pan to brown; then add it with the onions, pepper and salt to the meat, etc , and stew slowly 1 1/2 hour.
5. Shred the fat fine and rub it into the flour with the baking-powder and salt.
6. Mix with lukewarm water to a stiff paste.
7. Cut into eight pieces, and roll lightly into dumplings on a floured board.
8. Throw them into a saucepan of boiling water, and boil till they rise to the surface (20 minutes).
9. Add them to the stew 10 minutes before serving.