This one goes back to the very beginning of Le Coup de Gr\u00e2ce. It started as a slow cooker recipe and it turned into an oven recipe later on. Both versions are still here, because the thing is just that good. It fills the house with smell for four hours, it feeds a family, it makes lunches all week, and my kids ask for it by name. The alcohol cooks off over the long braise. Nobody has ever had an issue with it.<\/p>\n
The beer I use is a Belgian-style dubbel: a strong dark ale around 8%, round, with caramel, clove and dark fruit. That choice matters more than people think. When you braise with beer, the dish does not end up tasting like beer. The aromas run alongside the browning on the meat and push it deeper. Skip the IPA. Four hours of reduction concentrates bitterness and it will wreck the sauce.<\/p>\n
I like the oven. 350\u00b0F (175\u00b0C), lid on, three and a half to four hours, and the smell alone is worth the afternoon. But the slow cooker is a great tool when you are gone all day: LOW for eight hours and supper is waiting for you. One rule either way. Brown the beef in batches in a hot pan first, and caramelize the vegetables in the same fat. No shortcut there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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