Beef à la mode

AUTHOR
Avis Adkins
DIFFICULTY
very easy
RATING
4 3

Ingredients

Servings: 1
  • 1 collar Soup Greens
  • 1 Onion
  • 1.5 kg Roast beef (from the leg)
  • 7-10 Tbsp Salt
  • 7-10 Tbsp Pepper
  • 7-10 Tbsp Nutmeg
  • 7-10 Tbsp Sugar
  • 1 TABLESPOON Oil
  • 50 g Smoked streaky bacon (piece)
  • 400 ml dry white wine
  • 1 Bay leaf
  • 4 Juniper berries
  • 750 g green beans (fresh or frozen)
  • 1.5 kg Potatoes
  • 1/4 l Milk
  • 4 TABLESPOONS Butter
  • 2 Shallots
  • 1 TABLESPOON Cornstarch

Directions

  1. 1

    Soup greens clean or peel, wash and roughly chop. ##peel onion##, cut in half. Wash meat and dab dry. Season with salt and pepper. Heat the oil in a roaster or casserole.

  2. 2

    Fry the bacon in it. Add the meat and fry it all around until brown.

  3. 3

    Preheat oven (electric cooker: 175°C/ circulating air: 150°C/ gas: level 2). Spread soup vegetables and onion around the roast, fry briefly. Deglaze with 1/2 l water and 400 ml wine, bring to the boil. Add ## laurel## and ##juniper##.

  4. 4

    Cover and braise in the oven for 2-2 1/2 hours.

  5. 5

    In the meantime, clean and wash the fresh beans and possibly halve them once. Peel and wash the potatoes, cover and cook in salted water for about 20 minutes. Covered fresh or frozen beans and cook in boiling salted water for about 15 minutes.

  6. 6

    For the mashed potatoes, drain the potatoes and add lukewarm milk and 2 tablespoons of butter. Mash everything with a potato masher. Season to taste with salt and nutmeg. Keep warm.

  7. 7

    Peel and chop the shallots. Drain beans. Melt 2 tablespoons of butter in the pot, sauté the shallots in it. Add the beans and toss. Keep warm.

  8. 8

    Remove the roast and keep warm. Pour the braising stock through a sieve into a pot. Stir starch and 3 tbsp. water until smooth. Bring the roast stock to the boil, stir in the starch and simmer for 2 minutes. Season sauce with salt, pepper and sugar.

  9. 9

    Cut the roast beef into slices. Arrange everything.

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
660 kcal
CARBS
43 g
FATS
20 g
PROTEINS
62 g