Boeuf à la Mode (braised beef) with green beans and mashed potatoes

AUTHOR
Zackary Austin
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
4.5 2
COOK TIME
255 mins
TOTAL TIME
255 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 6
  • 1 collar Soup Greens
  • 1 1/2 kg Roast beef (e.g. from the leg)
  • 7-10 Tbsp Salt
  • 7-10 Tbsp Pepper
  • 1 TABLESPOON clarified butter
  • 600 ml dry white wine
  • 1 Bay leaf
  • 4 Juniper berries
  • 1 kg green beans
  • 1 1/2 kg Potatoes
  • 1/4 l Milk
  • 75 g Butter
  • 7-10 Tbsp grated nutmeg
  • 1-2 TEASPOONS Cornstarch

Directions

  1. 1

    Soup greens clean or peel, wash and roughly cut. Wash the meat, dab dry. Season with salt and pepper. Heat lard in a roasting pan. Brown the meat in it for about 10 minutes. Add vegetables and fry briefly. Deglaze with 1/4 l water and wine, bring to the boil.

  2. 2

    Season with salt, pepper, bay leaf and juniper. Cover and braise in a preheated oven (electric cooker: 175 °C/ convection oven: 150 °C/ gas: level 2) for about 3 1/2 hours. Clean, wash and possibly chop the beans. Peel and wash potatoes and cook in salted water for about 20 minutes. Cook the beans in boiling salted water for about 15 minutes. Bring milk and 50 g butter to the boil. Drain the potatoes and add hot milk. Mash everything with a potato masher. Season the puree with salt and nutmeg. Drain the beans and put them back into the pot. Add remaining butter and melt in it. Swivel the beans in it. Take the meat out and keep warm.

  3. 3

    Mash everything with a potato masher. Season the puree with salt and nutmeg. Drain the beans and put them back into the pot. Add remaining butter and melt in it. Swivel the beans in it. Take the meat out and keep warm. Pour the braising stock through a sieve into a pot. Stir starch and 4 tbsp. water until smooth. Thicken the sauce with it. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Cut meat into slices and arrange on a plate with some sauce. Add the beans, mashed potatoes and the rest of the sauce

  4. 4

    Pour the braising stock through a sieve into a pot. Stir starch and 4 tbsp. water until smooth. Thicken the sauce with it. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Cut meat into slices and arrange on a plate with some sauce. Add the beans, mashed potatoes and the rest of the sauce

  5. 5

    Preparation time approx. 4 hours 15 minutes

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
720 kcal
CARBS
44 g
FATS
25 g
PROTEINS
63 g

Categories & Tags

Main Dishesroast