Beef with Dill Sauce

Name: Beef with Dill Sauce (Hovězí maso s koprovou omáčkou/Hovädzie mäso s kôprovou omáčkou)
Cuisine: Slovakian
Ingredients: 1 kg/2¼ lb topside of beef; 1 beef stock (bouillon) cube; dumplings or boiled potatoes, to serve; dumplings or boiled potatoes, to serve; 115 g/4 oz/½ cup butter; 115 g/4 oz/1 cup plain (all-purpose) flour; 200 g/7 oz fresh dill, finely chopped; 250 ml/8 fl oz/1 cup sour cream; salt and ground black pepper; salt and ground black pepper

Hovězí maso s koprovou omáčkou/Hovädzie mäso s kôprovou omáčkou

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Czech & Slovak Food and Cooking

By Ivana Veruzabova

Published 2015

About

This recipe is a traditional one, served in both countries for Sunday lunch. I have eaten this classic combination of beef and dill sauce since I was little.

Ingredients

1 kg/2¼ lb topside of beef
1 beef stock (bouillon) cube

Europe
Czech Republic
Slovakia
Lunch
Sauce
Eastern Europe

Method

Put the beef joint in a large pan with 1.5 litres/2½ pints/6¼ cups water and crumble in the stock cube. Cook for 1 hour, or until tender. Remove from the broth and cut into 1cm/½in slices.
To make the sauce, melt the butter in another large pan, and add the flour. Cook for 3 minutes, stirring. Gradually ladle the beef broth into the flour mixture, stirring cons