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Carbonnade Flamande (Flemish Beef Stew) with Fresh Stecca, Salt and Vinegar Smash Potatoes and Salad

GrateEggspectations
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Hosted two neighbour couples on Friday. 

Bought a full packer and broke it down into portion-sized chunks. Trimmed aggressively to remove as much fat as I could. 



“Staged” the cook by organizing ingredients according to each step in the recipe. I adore this approach. 



Started by seasoning the beef and browning each side of the pieces. (Love letter to Mr. Maillard!)



After the meat had been brown, pulled it out of the pot and added some butter (anyone else measure it this way? Trick my mother taught me), before adding the 12 sliced onions until browned. 



Then I threw in the flour, mixed and added one litre of stout (Guinness, in this instance). Brought to a boil, added the remaining ingredients and then braised for seven-ish hours. 

Once the beef was ready, we served it with freshly-baked stecca, smashed baby potatoes with salt and vinegar mayo and a salad featuring toasted pine nuts, pomegranate seeds, blueberries, goat cheese and homemade vinaigrette. 

Following the dinner, we served a homemade batch of “Mary’s Magic Brownies” (fudgy browny recipe; sadly and deceptively, no THC) along with a homemade strawberry miso ice cream (David Leibovitz recipe). 

Drinks included aperol spritzes, Amarone, Ripasso, Barolo and some Dalwhinnie 15 (the gifter described how this was the drink of choice in the early days at one of her firms). 

Decorum dictated that I take no plated pics in the midst of our guests, so the evening was not documented. 

Guests twisted my wife’s arm to play a tune on the piano, so we listened, beverages in hand. 

Was a really nice evening, and we received great feedback on the menu, with one attendee seeking our availability to come over and show them how to make the potatoes at their house. 

We had plans to host tonight and had strategically prepared to repeat the meal for our guests, having made extra for this purpose. However, illness put a pause on plans. So we enjoyed the leftover stew along with freshly made potatoes, stecca and salad tonight. I snapped a couple of pics just now. 



Thanks for looking. 
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