Beef Daube Recipes

CLASSIC FRENCH BEEF DAUBE

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 180°C/160°C fan/gas 4. Toss the beef and pancetta in flour, then shake off any excess. Heat half the oil and 40g butter in the casserole over a medium-high heat, then fry the beef and pancetta in batches, turning often, for 3-4 minutes per batch until browned. Remove and set aside.
• Add the remaining oil and another 40g of the butter and cook the leeks, onions, carrots and celery for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until starting to soften. Add the garlic, bay leaves and tomato purée, cook for 1 minute, then add the parsley, soy sauce, brandy, wine and stock. Return the meat to the casserole, bring to a simmer, season and cover. Transfer to the oven and cook for 2-2½ hours until the meat is tender.
• Meanwhile, put the baby onions in a pan of cold water. Bring to the boil, then simmer for 8-10 minutes until tender. Drain and set aside. Heat the remaining butter in a frying pan over a medium-high heat. Add the mushrooms and fry until cooked through, then remove and set aside.
• Mix the cornflour with 2 tbsp cold water. Stir the mushrooms, baby onions and cornflour paste into the casserole and cook on the hob, stirring, for 10 minutes. Serve with cheesy garlic bread and more chopped parsley sprinkled on top.

BEEF DAUBE PROVENCAL

Steps:

• In a large skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat. Sprinkle meat with 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper; brown meat in batches. Transfer beef to 4-qt. slow cooker. , Add carrot, onions, garlic and remaining salt and pepper to skillet; cook and stir until golden brown, 4-6 minutes. Add tomato paste; cook and stir until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add wine, stirring to loosen browned bits from pan; bring to a boil. , Transfer meat mixture, tomatoes, broth and seasonings to slow cooker. Cook, covered, on low 5-7 hours or until tender. Discard bay leaf. Serve with hot cooked pasta or mashed potatoes. If desired, sprinkle with fresh thyme.

BEEF DAUBE

Steps:

• Combine first 9 ingredients in large bowl. Cover and let stand at room temperature 2 hours.
• Remove beef from marinade; pat dry. Reserve marinade. Cook pancetta in large pot over medium-low heat until fat is rendered, 5 minutes. Add chopped onion and garlic. Sauté until onion is translucent, 6 minutes. Transfer to large bowl.
• Heat oil in same pot over high heat. Sprinkle beef with salt and pepper. Working in batches, add beef to pot; cook until beginning to brown, about 5 minutes per batch. Transfer to bowl with pancetta mixture. Reduce heat to medium-high. Add flour to pot. Whisk until flour browns, about 4 minutes. Gradually whisk in reserved marinade. Bring to boil, scraping up browned bits. Add beef mixture and any accumulated juices to pot. Cover tightly; simmer until meat is tender, about 2 hours. Uncover; simmer until meat is very tender and liquid is reduced to sauce consistency, about 45 minutes longer. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cool slightly. Refrigerate.)
• Spoon fat off top of daube. Remove carrots, quartered onion, herb sprigs, bay leaves and peel and discard. Bring daube to simmer, stirring frequently. Season with salt and pepper. Sprinkle with parsley.

BEEF DAUBE

Steps:

• In 5-quart Dutch oven, heat oil over medium heat. Sprinkle beef with salt and pepper. Brown beef in batches in hot oil until browned on all sides. Remove beef to large plate.
• Add onions, carrots and garlic to drippings in Dutch oven. Cook over medium heat 6 to 8 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add tomatoes and wine. Return beef to pan; add bouquet garni. Heat to boiling; reduce heat. Cover; simmer 1 hour 30 minutes. Cool completely. Cover; refrigerate 8 hours or overnight.
• Remove Dutch oven from refrigerator. Skim fat from surface, if desired. Let stand 20 minutes. Heat to boiling over medium heat; reduce heat. Cover; simmer 1 hour. Uncover; simmer 30 minutes longer or until beef is very tender and stew is thickened. Remove bouquet garni before serving. Garnish with thyme.

BEEF DAUBE

Steps:

• Put the olive oil in a Dutch oven or flameproof casserole with a lid and turn the heat to medium. Add the bacon and cook, stirring occasionally, until it is crisp and has given up most of its fat, about 10 minutes. Remove with a slotted spoon, add the meat, and raise the heat to medium-high. Cook, turning the cubes as they brown and sprinkling them with salt and pepper, until the meat is brown and crisp all over, at least 10 minutes. Remove with a slotted spoon.
• Reduce the heat to medium and add the onions, celery, carrots, garlic, thyme, rosemary, and orange peel, along with some more salt and pepper, and cook, stirring occasionally, until the onions soften, about 5 minutes. Add the wine and vinegar and let them bubble for a minute, then return the meat to the pan.
• Cover and adjust the heat so the mixture simmers gently for about an hour, then add the bacon. Recover and continue to cook until the meat is tender, adding a little more liquid if the mixture threatens to dry out. Depending on the meat, the dish could be done in as little as 30 minutes more or in three times as long.
• Taste and adjust the seasoning, then garnish and serve or cover and refrigerate for up to 2 days before reheating.
• In step 2, replace the rosemary with 1 teaspoon fennel seeds. When you return the bacon to the pan in step 3, add 1 cup good-quality green or black olives, preferably pitted, or 1 cup dried prunes or apricots.

BEEF DAUBE

Steps:

• Combine springs of thyme, parsley, half of the orange peel (reserve the remaining peel), orange juice, garlic, bay leaves, peppercorn, 2 tsp salt, and wine in a large nonreactive bowl.
• Add beef, submerging pieces in the liquid. Cover the bowl; marinate beef in the refrigerator for 8-24 hours.
• Remove beef from marinate.
• Using paper towels, blot excess liquid from meat. Season meat with salt and pepper. Strain marinated, reserving liquid and discarding aromatics.
• Preheat over to 325.
• Saute' bacon in 7-to-8-qt heavy-bottomed pot or Dutch oven over medium until crisp 8-10 minutes.
• Transfer bacon to a paper-towel-lined plate; reserve dripping.
• Dredge beef pieces in flour, shaking off any excess.
• Brown beef on all sides in bacon dripping in pot over high heat.
• Work in batches if necessary, adding olive oil if needed. Seat beef aside.
• Saute' carrots, onions, fennel, reserved orange peel, and thyme in pot, adding olive oil if necessary, until vegetables are browned, 5 minutes.
• Deglaze pot with 2 cups of the reserved marinated, scraping up browned bits from bottom pot.
• Return beef and bacon to pot; add beef stock and tomatoes.
• Cover the pot with tight-fitting lid; transfer to oven until beef is fork tender 2 1/2-3 hours; skim to degrease.
• Serve daube with egg noodles or broiled potatoes.