Free recipe · Belgian dinner · Recipe of the Week 2027-W06

Flemish Beef Carbonnade

A Belgian dinner for 4, freezes well for batch cooking.

Ingredients (serves 4)

• 700 g stewing beef
• 400 g onions
• 30 g flour (plain)
• 500 g stock cube (made up)
• 80 g bread (wholegrain)
• 25 g dijon mustard
• 15 g sugar
• 25 g olive oil
• 900 g potatoes
• 5 g fresh herbs

Method

1. Brown the beef; soften a mountain of sliced onions.
2. Dust with flour, add stock, a spoon of sugar and bread spread with mustard on top.
3. Simmer very low 2–2.5 hours until glossy and tender.
4. Serve the Belgian way — with chips or boiled potatoes.

Allergens: celery, gluten, mustard. Spice: 0/3.

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