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Kalops

Name: Kalops
Total time: 150 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Sweden
Ingredients: 700g Beef Shank; 2 Onion; 2 Carrot; 2 tbsp All-purpose flour; 20g Butter; 1 tsp Allspice; 2 Bay leaf; 500ml Water; 1 Beef Bouillon; 4 Potato; To taste Beets; 1 tsp Salt

Main Dish

⏱ 150 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

An old-fashioned Swedish beef stew simmered with allspice and bay leaves.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Kalops is a traditional Swedish beef stew, its name said to come from the English 'escalope'. Floured, browned beef is simmered until tender with onion and carrot, seasoned with allspice and bay. It's served with boiled potatoes and pickled beets.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On a long, dark winter evening, a pot bubbles in a Swedish home kitchen and kalops and potatoes are laid on a candlelit table.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Beef Shank 700g
Onion 2
Carrot 2
All-purpose flour 2 tbsp
Butter 20g
Allspice 1 tsp
Bay leaf 2
Water 500ml
Beef Bouillon 1
Potato 4
Beets To taste
Salt 1 tsp

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Cut the beef into large cubes and dust with salt and flour.
Melt the butter in a pot and brown the beef on all sides.
Add the onion wedges, allspice, and bay leaves and stir together.
Add the water and bouillon, cover, and simmer on low for 1½ hours.
Add the carrots in chunks and simmer another 30 minutes.
Serve with boiled potatoes and beets.

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