昨日書いたように、今日の夕食は昨日作ったビーフのビール煮込みでした。使ったビールは、「Old Speckled Hen」というビールで、レシピはディリア・スミスのレシピ。入っているのはたくさんの玉ねぎとビーフ(スネ肉を使いました)、にんにく、ビール、塩胡椒、小麦粉、タイムだけのシンプルな煮込みです。
As I wrote yesterday, today’s dinner was Beef in Beer that we cooked yesterday. The beer we used was Old Speckled Hen and the recipe is from Delia Smith. It’s a very simple recipe, all you use is a lot of onion, some braising beef (we used shin), garlic, beer, salt, pepper, flour & thyme.
個人的にわたしは苦味が苦手なので、ビール煮込みは余り好きではないのですが、お料理教室をされているお友達がビール煮込みにカレールーを入れてカレーにしたらすごく美味しかったと教えてくださったので作ってみることにしました。添えたのは、人参とグリーンピース。案の定、苦味が結構強かったので蜂蜜とお砂糖を少し足して、お塩で味がなかなか決まらなかったので少量のお醤油も足してみました。それでも、やはり、わたしは苦味が気になりましたが、夫は美味しい美味しいと食べていました。前回、いつも買うペットワースのお肉屋さんでお肉類を買い込んだ時に牛脛肉を忘れてしまったので、今回はオンラインスーパーで Daylesfordの オーガニックの スネ肉を買って使ったのですが、やはりいつものお肉屋さんのスネ肉の方が美味しいと思いました。
Personally, I don’t like bitter tastes so I’m not a fan of beef in beer, but a friend of mine, who runs cooking classes, told me that the curry she made with left over beef in beer and Japanese curry roux was so delicious so I thought I’d try. We had it with carrots & green peas. As I expected it was quite bitter so I added some honey and salt to reduce the bitterness and also added tiny bit of soy sauce as I had hard time getting the salt level right. It still tasted a little bitter but my husband didn’t think so and he loved it. When we were at the butcher in Petworth we forgot to buy shin of beef so this time I used Daylesford organic shin of beef that we got from the online supermarket we use, but I must say I do feel the shin of beef we get from the butcher is nicer.



Hi Yumiko, this dish looks fabulous but I so sympathize about the bitter taste. I suspect you are a supertaster for bitter. I am very sensitive to bitter in cauliflower, so always have to blanch it before using but I have never tasted any bitter flavor in beef. Have you considered adding a few drops of aged balsamic vinegar which is sweet but also sour? that might help because increased acidity might counteract the bitterness.
I seem to be supersensitive to everything, which can be a blessing but often a pain. I added honey and sugar as I wrote and the liquid was very nice but the beef had absorbed the bitterness from beer so I don’t think balsamic vinegar would have helped but thank you for your suggestion!