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🍽️ Tender Beef Stew with Sweet Carrot Vegetables
697 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings
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Ingredients
- 1 kg beef (from the top round)
- 400 ml red wine
- 2 stalks celery
- 2 carrots
- 2 onions
- 2 garlic cloves (finely chopped)
- 3 tbsp ghee
- salt
- pepper (from the mill)
- 2 cloves
- 3 bay leaves
- 2 thyme sprigs
- 1 small can tomatoes
- 2 tbsp tomato paste
- 250 ml meat broth
- nutmeg
- 3 carrots
- 300 g shallots
- 2 tbsp butter
Instructions
- 1. Dice the celery, carrots, and onions into very small cubes.
- 2. Heat ghee (clarified butter) in a large casserole dish.
- 3. Sear the beef on all sides until browned.
- 4. Add the chopped vegetables, garlic, bay leaves, whole cloves, and fresh thyme to the pot.
- 5. Sauté the aromatics briefly until fragrant.
- 6. Stir in the tomato paste and let it cook briefly.
- 7. Deglaze the pot with red wine and stir well.
- 8. Add the meat broth and the tomatoes.
- 9. Cover the casserole and braise the meat on very low heat for about 3 hours.
- 10. Ensure the sauce simmers gently and does not boil vigorously.
- 11. Peel the remaining carrots and halve them lengthwise.
- 12. Slice the carrots crosswise into about 1 cm thick rounds.
- 13. Peel the shallots.
- 14. Melt 2 tablespoons of butter in a frying pan.
- 15. Sauté the carrots and shallots in the butter.
- 16. Add a little water and cover the pan.
- 17. Cook the vegetables on low heat for about 8 minutes.
- 18. Season the vegetables with salt and pepper.
- 19. Remove the shallots from the pan and cut them in half or quarters.
- 20. Remove the meat from the casserole and keep it warm.
- 21. Strain the sauce through a sieve to remove solid ingredients.
- 22. Reduce the sauce on high heat until only about 300 ml remains.
- 23. Season the sauce with grated nutmeg, salt, and pepper to taste.
- 24. Add the cooked vegetables and the prepared shallots to the sauce.
- 25. Slice the meat.
- 26. Plate the meat with the sauce and serve, for example, with spätzle (egg noodles).
Nutrition per serving
- kcal: 697
- Protein: 53 g · Fett/Fat: 40 g · Carbs: 18 g