Limbourgian Beer Stew Recipes

LIMBOURGIAN BEER STEW

Steps:

• Rub both sides of the meat steaks with salt and pepper. Cut in pieces (about 1x1 inch).
• Make marinade with vinegar, beer, bay leaves, cloves and pepper corns, add salt and more pepper according to taste. Put the meat in the marinade and leave in fridge for 24 hours.
• Fry onion in butter, take out of pan.
• Dry meat with paper towel, rub flour onto the meat. Fry the meat in butter until slightly brown. Put the fried onions back in the pan.
• Take bay leaves, pepper corns and cloves out of marinade. Now put marinade in the pan until meat is covered with fluid.
• Put 2 slices of spiced bread in with the ingredients in the pan. Also add the sandwich spread with appelstroop. (I cut these in 4 pieces first). Mix into meat/onion mixture.
• Let simmer on low fire (the fluid should barely cook) for a couple of hours. The dish is done when the meat almost falls apart.
• Serve with fries.

BELGIAN BEEF STEW WITH BEER

Steps:

• Season beef with salt and pepper, saute in a Dutch oven with half of the oil over medium-high heat till browned, remove to plate.
• Add remaining oil and onions to the Dutch oven, cook till tender and browned (make sure heat is low enough that they don't burn, about medium), about 5 minutes - add garlic during the last half minute and saute with the onions.
• Meanwhile whisk the flour into the beef broth.
• Stir in beer, vinegar and thyme to the Dutch oven, heat to boiling.
• Add the broth-flour mixture, beef and bay leaves, stir till thickened and bubbly.
• Reduce heat to low, cover and simmer 2 - 2 1/2 hours or till meat is tender.
• You could also use a slow cooker for this, and cook for 8 hours.

IRENE'S BEER STEW

Steps:

• Cook onions in 2 tablespoons oil in a 6- to 8-quart ovenproof heavy pot over moderate heat, stirring frequently, until lightly browned, about 30 minutes. Add garlic and cook, stirring, 5 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 325°F.
• Combine flour, salt, and pepper in a large bowl. Pat beef dry and toss with flour mixture. Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a large heavy skillet until hot but not smoking, then brown beef in batches, adding as browned to onions and adding more oil to skillet as necessary.
• Add soy, Worcestershire, and steak sauces, bay leaves, thyme, and enough beer to pot to just cover beef and onions, then bring to a simmer. Cover pot and braise stew in middle of oven, stirring in brown sugar after about an hour if desired, until meat is tender, about 2 hours.
• Season stew with salt and pepper.