Beef and onions braised in beer (Carbonnades à la Flamande) from Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Volume One (page 317) by Julia Child and Louisette Bertholle and Simone Beck

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    Can substitute beef rump roast for beef chuck roast, cooking oil for pork fat, beef bouillon for beef stock, and cornstarch for arrowroot.

  • twarner on November 20, 2020

    So good! Cooked in the instant pot so after the initial sauté of beef and onions it was only another 30 mins.

  • ashallen on October 12, 2019

    This is a great beef stew recipe - very tender, very flavorful, very beefy. I cut the beef into stew-size chunks vs. large slices as specified in the recipe - easier to trim away excess fat/membrane that way. The pots I've used have done a good job retaining moisture during the stew's time in the oven and so I always end up reducing the sauce to the desired consistency on the stovetop. Arrowroot produces a silky, smooth sauce but cornstarch is also great.

  • hirsheys on January 20, 2019

    Very tasty! This came out MUCH better than a previous version I made and was relatively easy to make. A few notes - my ratio of onions to meat was a bit low, and more importantly, I cut them way too thin, so they kind of disintegrated into the sauce. Next time I'd leave them thicker so that the flavor was more pervasive. I used pork fat rendered from some pork belly in my freezer, which worked well, though I'm not sure it's necessary with the rest of the flavor in this. (Oil would have been fine, I think.) I served it with mashed potatoes because the egg noodles I thought were in the pantry weren't there... ETA: tastes even better the next day - the flavors are way more melded and mellowed. Worth doing ahead.

  • koolMoD on January 17, 2018

    Simple recipe with so much flavour. Was a huge hit at dinner.

  • Delys77 on October 31, 2011

    Super simple but extremely nice flavour. The onion and the beer make for a sweet stew with a nice rich mellow flavour.

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