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Philosopher's Stew

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Philosopher's stew (Dutch: filosoof) is a dish from the Netherlands. It is an oven-baked dish made of beef, potatoes, onions and apples.

Ingredients

  • 300–400 grams cold, stewed beef
  • 40 grams fat (cold gravy or butter)
  • 4 large onions, sliced into thin rings
  • 800 grams boiled potatoes, cut into slices (about 4 mm)
  • Salt
  • Ground black pepper
  • Nutmeg
  • 3½ dl (350 ml) skimmed gravy
  • 4 spoonfuls of crushed white bread (stale)
  • Apple compôte

Instructions

  1. 1
    Cut the meat into small pieces (about 5 mm).
  2. 2
    Heat the frying fat or butter in a frying pan or a small wok. Fry the onions until the are golden brown. Put the onions aside.
  3. 3
    Put a layer after layer of potatoes, meat and onions on top of each other in an oven-proof dish. Season each layer of potatoes with salt, pepper and nutmeg. Make sure the top layer consists of potatoes.
  4. 4
    Pour the gravy over the top layer and scatter the bread crumbs over it all.
  5. 5
    Put some lumps of butter here and there.
  6. 6
    Pre-heat the oven to 200°C. Bake the dish for about 30 minutes.
  7. 7
    Serve immediately with the apple compôte

Recipe Attribution

Wikibooks Cookbook
en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Philosopher's_Stew