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Beef Daube with Prunes

Beef braised slowly with red wine, orange zest, rosemary and soft prunes until it melts into a sweet, glossy sauce. Serve it over creamy mashed potatoes.

  • YieldServes 6
  • Hands-on40 min
  • Total3 h 1 min
  • Difficulty

Ingredients

  • 16 gall-purpose flour, seasoned with salt and pepper
  • 1 tspdried mixed herbs
  • 900 gbeef braising steak, trimmed and diced
  • 3 tbspolive oil, plus more if needed
  • 2onions, thinly sliced
  • 2 clovesgarlic, minced
  • 2carrots, cut into matchsticks
  • 2 leavesbay leaf
  • 1orange, zest only, in strips
  • 1 sprigrosemary
  • 100 gdried pitted prunes
  • 480 mlbeef stock
  • 160 mlred wine
  • 1 tbsptomato paste
  • 1 tspwhite wine vinegar
  • to tastesea salt and freshly ground black pepper

To serve

  • 15 gcilantro leaves, roughly chopped
  • to tastecreamy mashed potatoesoptional

Contains

  • Gluten
  • Dairy
  • Celery
  • Sulfites
  • Wheat
  • Stone fruits (any)
  • Plum
  • Olive
  • Grapes
  • Citrus fruits (any)
  • Orange
  • Nightshades (any)
  • Tomato
  • Potato (white)
  • Onion family (any)
  • Onion
  • Garlic
  • Carrot
  • Thyme
  • Rosemary
  • Cilantro / coriander
  • Bay leaf
  • Black and white pepper
  • All mammal meat (alpha-gal)
  • Beef and veal
  • Gelatin
  • Histamine (aged and fermented foods)
  • Alcohol

Taste

  • Sweet
  • Sour / bright
  • Salty
  • Umami / savory
  • Richness / fat
  • Herbal / fresh
  • Aromatic spice

Texture

  • Tender-braised

Equipment

  • Oven
  • Dutch oven

Season

  • Fall
  • Winter

Occasion

  • Weekend project

Effort

  • 20–45 min active
  • Over 3 hours total
  • Difficulty 2
  • Make-ahead friendly
  • Leftovers-friendly

Nutrition

  • Calories: moderate
  • Protein: high
  • Carbs: moderate
  • Fat: high
  • Fiber: moderate
  • Sodium: low

Budget

  • Budget: moderate

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