Stoofvlees

Name: Stoofvlees
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 180 min
Total time: 3 h 15 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Belgium
Ingredients: 1kg beef shin, cubed; 4 onions, sliced; 500ml Trappist or Belgian amber ale; 2 bay leaves; 4 sprigs thyme; 1 tbsp brown sugar; 2 slices sourdough bread; 2 tbsp mustard; 50g butter

Belgium

The debate over which Belgian beer to use — Trappist, lambic, or abbey ale — is never-ending.

Belgian beef stew slow-braised in Trappist ale with onions and mustard. The definitive version served alongside frites as the country's greatest comfort meal.

Prep

15 mins

Cook

180 mins

Difficulty

Easy

Calories

425 kcal

Serves

Calories are an estimate based on ingredients used

Ingredients

1kgbeef shin, cubed

4onions, sliced

500mlTrappist or Belgian amber ale

2bay leaves

4 sprigsthyme

1 tbspbrown sugar

2 slicessourdough bread

2 tbspmustard

50gbutter

Method

Brown beef in butter in batches. Remove. Cook onions until deeply golden, 25 minutes.

Return beef. Add beer, bay, thyme and sugar.

Spread mustard on bread. Press on top of stew.

Simmer on very low heat 3 hours until beef falls apart.

Chef's Tip

A true stoofvlees needs three hours minimum. Four is better.

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