Name: Daube
Yield: Serves at least 4
Ingredients: 1 calf’s foot; 2 tomatoes, cut into quarters; 1 sprig of rosemary; 2 shallots; Zest of ½ orange; 1 pint (570 ml) strong red wine; 2 small carrots, cut into finger-sized pieces; 1 tablespoon lard; 3 onions, each stuck with 1 clove; 4 oz (110 g) chopped fat and lean bacon; 1 sprig of celery head; 1 tablespoon parsley, chopped; 2 bay leaves; 1 sprig thyme; 2 cloves garlic, crushed; Salt and pepper; 2 lb (900 g) shin of beef cut into thick slices about 3 in (7.5 cm) square

Preparation info

Serves at least
4

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Floyd on Fire

By Keith Floyd

Published 1986

About

Unless you happen to live permanently on an Indian reservation or are one of the charcoal burners from Swallows and Amazons, there is not a lot of point in cooking this dish outside because it takes several hours and I reckon that the Martinis would have run out long before it was ready, leaving your guests sprawled out in a stupor over your bijou terrace. So this is a hearth dish. A winter dish. You can sit around the glowing embers sipping mulled wine while a gentle vapour whispers