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🍽️ Tender Beef with Lentils and Beetroot
508 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings
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Ingredients
- 1 bunch soup vegetables
- 800 g roast beef (ready for cooking)
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 tsp peppercorns
- 2 sprigs parsley
- 2 sprigs thyme
- salt
- 500 g beetroot
- 200 g brown lentils (soaked overnight)
- 200 g Brussels sprouts
- pepper (from the mill)
- 4 tbsp white wine vinegar
- 2 tbsp freshly chopped parsley
- freshly grated horseradish (for serving)
Instructions
- 1. Wash the soup vegetables and cut them into large chunks.
- 2. Pat the meat dry with a kitchen towel.
- 3. Place the spices in a spice bag and close it.
- 4. Tie the herbs together into a small bundle.
- 5. Put the spice bag, soup vegetables, salt, and plenty of water into a pot.
- 6. Bring the mixture to a boil.
- 7. Reduce the heat and add the meat.
- 8. Simmer the meat gently at very low heat for 45 to 55 minutes.
- 9. Peel the beetroot in the meantime.
- 10. Cut the beetroot into small cubes.
- 11. Drain the lentils.
- 12. Place the lentils in a pot with plenty of salted water.
- 13. Bring the water to a boil.
- 14. Cook the lentils at medium heat for about 40 minutes.
- 15. Clean the Brussels sprouts and wash them.
- 16. Separate the individual leaves from the Brussels sprouts.
- 17. Blanch the leaves briefly in boiling salted water (cook briefly in boiling water).
- 18. Drain the leaves.
- 19. Rinse them with cold water to stop the cooking process.
- 20. Let the leaves drain well.
- 21. Remove the meat from the broth.
- 22. Keep the meat warm.
- 23. Strain the broth through a fine sieve.
- 24. Take 600 milliliters of the broth.
- 25. Add the beetroot to the broth.
- 26. Bring the mixture to a boil again.
- 27. Simmer the beetroot for about 10 minutes at medium heat.
- 28. Season the sauce with salt, pepper, and vinegar until it tastes slightly sour.
- 29. Slice the meat.
- 30. Plate the meat.
- 31. Add the beetroot and the sauce.
- 32. Sprinkle the dish with parsley.
- 33. Drain the lentils.
- 34. Mix the lentils with the Brussels sprout leaves.
- 35. Season the mixture to taste.
- 36. Serve the meat with freshly grated horseradish.
Nutrition per serving
- kcal: 508
- Protein: 63 g · Fett/Fat: 10 g · Carbs: 39 g