Wild beef has a distinctive sauce of vegetables and tomato puree, softened with cream
Autumn invites us to return to the recipes that smelled like the scents of our grandmothers' kitchens. Wild beef is one of the sauces that those who remember it fondly may remember. The distinct taste of spices, root vegetables, and tomato puree creates a decent sauce for dumplings.
Beef was one of the dishes that used to appear on the table mainly on more festive occasions. On the plate, it was complemented by a strong sauce, a dumpling and the aroma of spices that wafted throughout the kitchen. Wild beef is exactly like this, during the preparation of which we let the meat slowly soften. Finally, we soften the sauce with cream.
How to make wild beef for connoisseurs
Prepare the wild beef on an onion base, add root vegetables, wild seasoning and tomato puree and slowly simmer everything together until soft.
- For
- 4 servings you will need
- 4 slices of beef back meat
- 2 carrots
- 1 small piece of celery
- 1 onion
- 70 g tomato paste
- 1 teaspoon of sugar
- 2 teaspoons of wild game seasoning
- 200 ml of cooking cream
- 1 tablespoon of plain flour for thickening, oil for frying and salt
- Peel the carrots and celery and cut them into small cubes. Peel the onion and chop finely. Salt the slices of beef.
- Heat the oil in a saucepan and fry the onion until pink. Add the salted slices of meat and fry on both sides until browned.
- Cover the meat with water and add tomato paste, wild game seasoning, sugar and chopped root vegetables. Cover and simmer slowly for about 2 hours until the meat is tender.
- Remove the tender meat from the pot and blend the sauce until smooth.
- Mix the cooking cream with the flour and pour it into the sauce, stirring constantly. You can thicken it with a little more flour if necessary. Let the sauce simmer gently for at least 15 minutes.
- Return the beef slices to the prepared sauce and reheat briefly. Serve with bread dumplings or other favorite dumplings.
Beef is widely used in traditional Czech cuisine, from hearty goulash to roast beef and various sauces. Another retro classic that is still on Czech tables today is tomato sauce with beef. The sweet and sour sauce with the aroma of tomatoes and spices has been loved by entire generations and, together with bread dumplings, is one of the traditional Czech dishes.
