Beef Stew With Newcastle Brown Ale and Dumplings

Ingredients

• For the Stew:
• 2
  pounds plus 3 ounces beef shin. or flank, or neck, chopped into chunks
• 3
  tablespoons flour
• Salt, to taste
• Freshly ground black pepper, to taste
• 1
  tablespoon olive oil
• 3
  red onions, halved, roughly sliced
• 1 ¾
  ounces pancetta, or bacon, chopped
• 3
  ribs celery, chopped
• 1
  small handful rosemary leaves
• 5
  cups dark ale
• 1 ¼
  cups water
• 2
  parsnips, peeled, roughly chopped
• 2
  carrots, peeled, roughly chopped
• 4
  potatoes, peeled, roughly chopped
• For the Dumplings:
• 1 ¾
  cups self-rising flour
• ½
  cup (4 ounces) unsalted butter
• Pinch salt
• Pinch freshly ground black pepper
• 2
  sprigs rosemary, chopped