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Beef Pot-au-Feu
🇫🇷 French

Beef Pot-au-Feu

🇫🇷 French

A clear, restorative french soup starring beef — light on the palate, big on aroma. Ready in 115 minutes including prep.

Prep 20 min Cook 95 min Serves 4 Hard

Ingredients

  • Butter1 tbsp
  • Saltto taste
  • Onion1, diced
  • Garlic3 cloves, minced
  • Black Peppercorns1/2 tsp
  • Bay Leaf2
  • Carrot4
  • Stock or Broth1 litre
  • Beef500 g, cubed
  • Leek2
  • Tarragonsmall handful
  • Cloves4

Instructions

  1. 1

    Sweat the onion in the Butter until translucent but not browned, about 5 minutes.

  2. 2

    Add the garlic and black peppercorns and cook for 30 seconds more.

  3. 3

    Pour in the stock, bring to a simmer, and add the beef.

  4. 4

    Simmer gently until the beef is just cooked through and the broth tastes rounded.

  5. 5

    Ladle into warm bowls and top each with tarragon and a grind of black pepper.

Chef's tip

For deeper flavour, toast the black peppercorns in the oil before adding anything wet.

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Watch how it's made

Video: Pot-au-Feu | French Beef Stew · on YouTube