Cut up the fat into small pieces and drop it into the flour, using a knife, just mix the flour and fat/butter together until it’s as small as possible. Add the salt and mix through. Slowly add the milk into the mix until your dumplings are firm, but not wet. If you add too much milk, then just throw in a spoonful of flour. This is where most mistakes might occur, you really need to move the dumpling mix around in your bowl to get it all mixed up, rather than feeling lazy and putting in too much of the milk. Using floured hands, or a large floured spoon, make your dumplings. They should be firm, but not compressed/squashed. Bring your stew to the boil, making sure there’s enough liquid for the dumplings to swim in – or you can just make up a gravy on its own in a saucepan with a couple of stock cubes and water. Drop the dumplings into the liquid and bring to the boil, cover the saucepan with a lid. After 10 minutes carefully flip each dumpling over and put the lid back on. After another 10 minutes the dumplings should be ready to eat… and lovely and fluffy.