Carbonade Flamande

Name: Carbonade Flamande (Beer Stew)
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons salt; ¼ teaspoon pepper; 4 tablespoons peanut oil; 1 clove garlic, minced; 1 bay leaf; 3 tablespoons tomato puree; 1 tablespoon sugar; ⅛ teaspoon thyme; 6 sprigs parsley, chopped; 2 cans beer; 3 large onions, peeled and quartered; 14 carrots (approx.), peeled and chunked; ½ cup flour; 3 pounds lean chuck beef, cubed

Beer Stew

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Hows and Whys of French Cooking

By Alma Lach

Published 1974

About

Ingredients

3 pounds lean chuck beef, cubed
½ cup flour
2 teaspoons

Europe
France
Flanders
Mediterranean

Method

Be sure meat is lean. Trim any tough skin from the pieces. Combine flour, salt, and pepper in a plastic or paper bag. Add the meat pieces and shake to coat them with flour.
Put oil into a large kettle. Heat, and then add the meat. Brown meat on all sides. Add the ingredients through the beer and bring to a boil. As soon as it boils, reduce the heat to a simme