Carbonade

11 ingredients
6 steps

Ingredients

  • 2 lbs lean beef, cubed
  • 14 cup unsalted butter
  • 2 medium onions
  • 3 cloves
  • 18 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 18 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 18 teaspoon sugar (optional)
  • flour, to coat beef
  • beef broth
  • 2 cups dry red wine
  • salt and pepper

Directions

  1. 1
    Toss the beef with some flour to lightly coat.
  2. 2
    Brown the pieces in the butter, fishing them out of the pot with a slotted spoon and setting them aside as they're done.
  3. 3
    Slice the onions into rounds and brown them in the same pot, add a ladle of broth (I would guess about 1/2 cup) and scrape the bottom of the pot and simmer until the broth has evaporated.
  4. 4
    Add the meat and the spices, salt and sugar if you like.
  5. 5
    Then add the wine, bring it all to a boil, reduce the heat to a slow simmer, and cook covered, adding more broth as necessary to keep it from drying out for about an hour.
  6. 6
    When it is done cooking, dust with a grinding of pepper and serve.

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