Clodagh Mckenna served up a cosy Irish stew with dumplings on This Morning.

The ingredients are: 80g butter, 650g stewing beef, 20g flour, 8 shallots, peeled, 2 cloves garlic, crushed, 1 teaspoon of fresh thyme, finely chopped, 200g chestnut mushrooms, quartered, 400ml stout , 200ml beef stock , 50g dark chocolate (70% cocoa solids), grated or nibs , Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper.

For the herby potato dumplings : 1 kg peeled and quartered potatoes, 200g plain flour, 80g butter , 2 tbsp flat leaf parsley and 1 tbsp fresh thyme.

See recipes by Clodagh in her book titled : In Minutes: 10, 20, 30 – How much time do you have tonight? available from Amazon now.