This beef stew with dark beer and gingerbread is a truly mouth-watering meal. It’s full of flavor, the beef is incredibly tender with the gingerbread adding a slightly sweet note to the whole dish. It is the coziest dinner!
Ingredients
- 800 g beef, cut into 2 cm cubes
- 3 slices gingerbread
- 330 ml dark beer, at room temperature
- 1 L beef broth
- 4 carrots, cut into cubes
- 1 onion, cut into thin slices
- 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
- 1 teaspoon grated ginger
- 2 bay leaves
- 3 cloves
- a few sprigs of thyme
- 2 teaspoons mustard
- 1 tablespoon flour
- 3 tablespoons butter
- salt and pepper
Instructions
Heat the butter in a saucepan, add the meat and fry until golden brown. Add the onion, garlic and ginger, stir and simmer for 5 minutes over medium heat. Then add flour and stir. Pour the beer and boil a few minutes over high heat. Add the broth and bring to a boil. Add carrots, mustard, thyme, cloves and bay leaves. Stir and place the gingerbread on top. Cover with a lid and simmer over low heat for 2,5 hours.
Season with salt and pepper and simmer uncovered for another 30 minutes.
Serve over mashed potatoes or with bread. Enjoy!
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