比利時冷知識：啤酒燉牛肉

著名的啤酒燉牛肉

比利時人不光愛喝啤酒，還用啤酒做菜，其中最出名的菜品大概就是弗拉芒燉肉 Flemish stew

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這道菜通常燉的是牛肉，用比利時啤酒燉到入口即化，表面浸滿濃稠的湯汁。

毫不意外，人們往往把它與炸薯條或土豆泥一起食用，畢竟在比利時什麼都能配薯條。

Stoofvlees, this Flemish stew literally translates to “stew meat” and that’s a pretty accurate description. This typical Belgian food is made from beef slowly simmered in Belgian beer until it melts in your mouth. The sauce is thickened with a few slabs of bread slathered in mustard, a bit of onion, and some seasoning. Some chefs add other ingredients like mushrooms or garlic, but the traditional recipe focuses on Belgian beer and beef. Good Flemish stew is so much more than the sum of its humble parts. In the right hands, it can be both rich and slightly tart from the beer. It’s the perfect comfort food on a wet winter day, especially as it is invariably served with French fries or mashed potatoes. It warms you from the inside out.

弗拉芒燉肉的弗拉芒原文叫 Stoofvlees，這道弗拉芒燉菜的字面含義就是“燉肉”，而且這種描述非常貼切。這道經典的比利時菜式是用牛肉製成的，然後加入比利時啤酒，用文火燉至入口即化的程度。之後再加入幾片塗滿芥末醬的麪包、少許洋蔥和調味品，使湯汁變得濃稠。一些廚師會加入其他食材，如蘑菇或大蒜，但傳統的做法慣用比利時啤酒和牛肉來做這道菜。美味的佛蘭德燉菜裏有很多這種不起眼的食材。烹調得當的話，這道菜會很香，而且還略帶點啤酒酸澀的味道。在潮溼的冬季，這道菜是安撫心情的絕佳美食了，特別是，人們往往把它與炸薯條或土豆泥一起食用。這道菜會讓你感受到由內而外的溫暖。