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Svíčková na smetaně

Name: Svíčková na smetaně
Prep time: 12 h
Cook time: 3 h
Total time: 15 h
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Czech
Ingredients: 1 kg sirloin or topside beef; 60 g in strips for larding bacon (streaky rashers, streaky bacon); 3 chopped carrot; Celery, celeriac or celery, chopped; 1 large chopped onion; 2 tbsp vinegar; 3 bay leaf (indian bay leaf); 5 berries allspice; 8 peppercorns black pepper; 3 tbsp butter; 3 cups water; 1 cup fresh cream (thickened cream, heavy cream); 1 sliced, to serve lemon; Dried cranberries, cranberry sauce, to serve; 2 tsp sugar; Salt, to taste

Beef in a velvety root vegetable cream sauce, with cranberries and whipped cream. Czech Sunday royalty.

180 minTime

47 gProtein each

mildSpice

12hPlan ahead. Soak for 12 hours first; the 180 minutes come after.

The Czech wedding dish2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayWith bread dumplings, cranberries, lemon and whipped cream.

The original

638kcalsame

47 gproteinsame

3 gfibresame

180minutessame

Svíčková na smetaně.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Beef1 kg sirloin or topside

Bacon (streaky rashers, streaky bacon)60 g, in strips for larding

Carrot3, chopped

Celeryceleriac or celery, chopped

Onion1 large, chopped

Vinegar2 tbsp

Bay leaf (indian bay leaf)3

Allspice5 berries

Black pepper8 peppercorns

Butter3 tbsp

Water3 cups

Fresh cream (thickened cream, heavy cream)1 cup

Lemon1, sliced, to serve

Dried cranberriescranberry sauce, to serve

Sugar2 tsp

Saltto taste

Method

4 steps

1Lard the beef with bacon strips, season and rub with vinegar. Leave overnight with the vegetables and spices if you can.
2Brown the vegetables in butter, add the beef and brown it, then add water and spices. Cover and braise in a 160 C oven.
3Remove the beef. Blend the vegetables with the liquid and cream until silky. Season with sugar, salt and a little vinegar.
4Slice the beef and serve in the sauce with lemon, cranberries and a dollop of whipped cream.

Serve it like this

Arrange beef slices and 4 dumpling slices in a pool of sauce, top with lemon, cranberries and whipped cream.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Bohemia

Svíčková na smetaně

Beef in a velvety root vegetable cream sauce, with cranberries and whipped cream. Czech Sunday royalty.

180 minTime

47 gProtein each

mildSpice

12hPlan ahead. Soak for 12 hours first; the 180 minutes come after.

The Czech wedding dish2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayWith bread dumplings, cranberries, lemon and whipped cream.

The original

638kcalsame

47 gproteinsame

3 gfibresame

180minutessame

Svíčková na smetaně.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Beef1 kg sirloin or topside

Bacon (streaky rashers, streaky bacon)60 g, in strips for larding

Carrot3, chopped

Celeryceleriac or celery, chopped

Onion1 large, chopped

Vinegar2 tbsp

Bay leaf (indian bay leaf)3

Allspice5 berries

Black pepper8 peppercorns

Butter3 tbsp

Water3 cups

Fresh cream (thickened cream, heavy cream)1 cup

Lemon1, sliced, to serve

Dried cranberriescranberry sauce, to serve

Sugar2 tsp

Saltto taste

Method

4 steps

1Lard the beef with bacon strips, season and rub with vinegar. Leave overnight with the vegetables and spices if you can.
2Brown the vegetables in butter, add the beef and brown it, then add water and spices. Cover and braise in a 160 C oven.
3Remove the beef. Blend the vegetables with the liquid and cream until silky. Season with sugar, salt and a little vinegar.
4Slice the beef and serve in the sauce with lemon, cranberries and a dollop of whipped cream.

Serve it like this

Arrange beef slices and 4 dumpling slices in a pool of sauce, top with lemon, cranberries and whipped cream.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Svíčková na smetaně

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

Svíčková na smetaně

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

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