Chicken casserole with rosemary dumplings

Well the venison hunt was sadly unsuccessful, apparently I'll have more luck in September time so the recipe has been adapted to be steak and I'll try it again with the venison when its "in season". The steak/venison has to be marinated in port for 1-2 days so while we wait for that I found a real comfort food casserole with dumplings! Whilst probably not the most appropriate recipe for the middle of summer I think I can be excused since the weather is pretty dire and the comfort factor of this sort of food far outways any seasonal requirements! I was a little concerned about the rosemary in the dumplings as for me this is more of a soap aroma than something to add to food and I will admit to sampling the wine as well as pouring it into the casserole!

I have to say this was a great recipe, easy to prepare, not particularly time consuming and I think even the children would have happily eaten this (I'll try it again when they're home and see!) However next time I will omit the rosemary, perhaps I'll play around with other herbs rather than leave the dumplings plain but as I thought the smell for me is just to soapy!!