Flemish beef stew with gingerbread
Beef braised in brown beer and thickened at the end with mustard-spread gingerbread.
Active time40 min
Cooking3 h
Total3 h 30 min
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Ingredients
- 5 thyme sprigs
- 2 onions
- 60 g unsalted butter
- 1500 g trimmed raw beef chuck
- 660 ml malty low-bitterness Belgian brown beer
- 2 tbsp wheat flour
- 5 tbsp strong Dijon mustard
- 1 pinch of ground black pepper
- 1 pinch of fine salt
- 2 tbsp wine vinegar
- 2 slices of French honey gingerbread
- 1 tbsp soft brown sugar
- 3 cloves
Preparation
Peel and slice onions and cut beef into large cubes. Melt 25 g butter in a casserole and soften onions for about 10 min, then set aside. Add remaining 35 g butter and brown beef in batches for about 20 min altogether, turning.
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Sprinkle all flour over the beef and stir. Return onions with vinegar, 2 tbsp mustard, washed thyme, cloves, salt, pepper and brown sugar measured as a heaped spoonful. Pour in all beer and scrape up the browned bits. Cover and simmer gently for about 120 min until very tender. Extend if needed, checking the bottom remains moist.
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Spread all gingerbread slices with remaining 3 tbsp mustard. Lay mustard-side down on the meat. Cover and simmer for about 30 min more so bread dissolves into the sauce. Stir gently, remove all cloves and thyme stems and serve with all the coating sauce.
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Allergens
- Gluten
- Milk
- Mustard
Composition to check for: Celery, Crustaceans, Eggs, Fish, Lupin, Molluscs, Tree nuts, Peanuts, Sesame, Soy, Sulphites.
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