Czechia · Central Europe
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Beef in a silky root-vegetable cream sauce with dumplings.
140 min Serves 6 mediumbeefsundaysauce
Ingredients
- 800g beef sirloin or topside
- 2 carrots, 1 parsnip, 1 celeriac wedge
- 1 onion
- 200ml cream
- Bay, allspice, thyme
- Vinegar, sugar, salt
Method
- 1
Brown the beef, then roast on a bed of the chopped root vegetables at 160C for 90 minutes with a little stock.
- 2
Remove the meat; blend the vegetables with the pan juices.
- 3
Add cream and simmer to a coating sauce.
- 4
Balance with vinegar and a little sugar until sharp-sweet.
- 5
Slice the beef and serve with bread dumplings and cranberry.
Budget note
A cheap braising joint plus root vegetables feeds six on Sunday.
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From the book
The Milk Bar Handbook
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