Tender and tasty boiled beef.
Tips and secrets to make a good boiled beef at home.
Boiled beef is a perfect main dish for the colder days, very tasty and flavorful, ideal for the whole family, young and old, a main dish that will make everyone happy when accompanied by potatoes or mashed potatoes.
Boiled beef is very simple to prepare and very tasty, the important thing is to follow some small tips that will make the meat very tender and very tasty, here I’ll explain how to do it:
To prepare a good boiled beef, choose one or more suitable cuts of meat, like the shoulder, the round, the shank, the brisket, the chuck, the flank, the bottom sirloin (rump), mixing more types of meat will give you a tastier boiled beef.
The meat should be immersed in boiling broth to seal the surface and have very tender boiled meat.
Cook the meat slowly and over very low heat for at least 3 hours (the flame should be the smallest you have at the lowest setting, because an incorrect temperature would shred the fibers and make your boiled beef dry.
Flavor the water with spices, use various types of meat, for every kilo of meat, about 3 liters of water, 15 g of salt, and spices like onion, celery, carrot, peppercorns, cherry tomatoes, spring onion, parsley, cloves, garlic, bay leaf.
Boiled beef is when the meat is put in the pot when the water is already boiling, whereas boiled meat is prepared by putting the meat with the spices in cold water and then bringing everything to a boil.
- Difficulty: Easy
- Cost: Economical
- Preparation time: 10 Minutes
- Portions: 4 people
- Cooking methods: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients
- 2.2 lbs beef for boiling
- 3 carrots
- 2 onions (not too large)
- 1 spring onion
- 3 leaves bay leaf
- 2 stalks celery
- to taste parsley
- 3 cloves
- 5 pieces peppercorns
- 3 cherry tomatoes
- 3 and a half quarts of water
- 15 g salt
- to taste extra virgin olive oil
Tools
- 1 Pot
- 1 Peeler
Preparation:
If you use meat in a single piece, it should be tied.
Rinse the various vegetables well under running water.
Peel the carrots, peel the onions, inserting a clove into each.
Clean the spring onion.
Tie a small bunch of parsley.
Put the water in a tall stainless steel or earthenware pot, add the washed bay leaves, whole parsley stems, celery stalks, carrots, cherry tomatoes, spring onion, and onion, add the salt, and bring to a boil.
As soon as the water with the spices boils, add the pieces of meat and bring it back to a boil, at this point transfer the pot to the smallest burner and reduce the heat to the lowest setting, cover with a lid, and start cooking for 10 minutes, then use a skimmer to remove the foam with impurities from the surface (this operation should be done several times during cooking, especially at the beginning).
Add the peppercorns, if you had added them earlier, you might have removed them during skimming, continue cooking at a very low heat for 3 hours, stirring occasionally.
After 3 hours add a drizzle of oil if the meat was quite lean, check the doneness of the meat, it should be nice and tender, so well-cooked, just insert a long skewer into the meat, it should sink in immediately.
Once the meat is cooked, transfer it to a cutting board and cut it into slices or chunks.
You can leave it as it is or season it with a bit of lemon juice or balsamic vinegar, or accompany it with sauces like green sauce.
The remaining broth is excellent for cooking tortellini, or for freezing and using when needed.
The boiled beef is ready to be served… Enjoy your meal!
Boiled beef can be accompanied by mashed potatoes, potatoes cooked in a pan or seasoned potatoes, in the north it’s served with mustard.
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