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Carbonnade de Boeuf à la Provençale

Slices of chuck marinated in vinegar, garlic, savory and thyme, layered with slow-cooked onions under a roof of sliced potatoes, braised in bouillon and then finished uncovered with Parmesan until the potatoes crisp and the juices thicken.

  • Yield6 servings
  • Hands-on1 h 10 min
  • Total8 h 44 min
  • Difficulty

Ingredients

Beef and marinade

  • 1.4 kgboneless beef chuck, cut into slices about 9 × 5 × 1 cm
  • 60 mlwine vinegar
  • 1 tbspolive oil
  • 2 cloveslarge garlic cloves, minced
  • 0.13 tspblack pepper
  • 2 tspsalt
  • ¾ tspdried savory
  • ¾ tspdried thyme

Onions

  • 115 gfresh pork belly or fatty pork shoulder, cut into 2.5 cm × 6 mm piecesoptional
  • 3 tbspolive oil (1 tbsp if using pork)
  • 700 gonions, thinly sliced

Assembly

  • 1.1 kgall-purpose potatoes, peeled and thinly sliced
  • to tastesalt and pepper
  • 750 mlbeef bouillon, approximately
  • 25 gParmesan, finely grated

Contains

  • Dairy
  • Celery
  • Sulfites
  • Olive
  • Grapes
  • Nightshades (any)
  • Potato (white)
  • Onion family (any)
  • Onion
  • Garlic
  • Carrot
  • Thyme
  • Savory
  • Black and white pepper
  • All mammal meat (alpha-gal)
  • Beef and veal
  • Pork
  • Gelatin
  • Histamine (aged and fermented foods)
  • Tyramine

Taste

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

Texture

  • Crisp
  • Tender-braised

Equipment

  • Oven
  • Stovetop
  • Dutch oven

Season

  • Fall
  • Winter

Occasion

  • Weekend project
  • Entertaining

Effort

  • 45–90 min active
  • Over 3 hours total
  • Difficulty 2
  • Needs advance prep
  • Make-ahead friendly
  • Leftovers-friendly
  • One pot

Nutrition

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

Budget

  • Budget: moderate

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