Slow Cooked Beef and Mushroom with Parsley Dumplings

1. Turn the slow cooker onto low to preheat. Mix flour with paprika and season with salt and pepper.

2. Toss beef into the seasoned flour.

3. Heat a dash of oil in a frying pan. Add onions and garlic and stir fry to soften onion. Transfer to the slow cooker. Add a little extra oil to the frying pan and add the meat and brown over a high heat. Add to the onions and garlic. Add mushrooms. Sprinkle over oregano.

4. In a jug mix together beef stock and Wattie's Tomato Paste. Pour over beef. Cover. Cook on low for 6 hours.

5. Increase slow cooker to high. Drop spoonfuls of dumpling mixture onto the top of the beef. Cover and cook a further 1 hour until beef is tender and dumplings are cooked. Serve with mashed potato and seasonal vegetables.