Boeuf à la mode

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Bœuf à la mode
Charles Storm van 's Gravesande (1841–1924), Bœuf à la mode, 1906, oil on canvas, Teylers Museum
, Haarlem

Beef à la mode or bœuf à la mode is a French dish of a piece of beef braised in stock and wine with carrots and onions.[1]

In French recipes, the preferred cut is the pointe de culotte, the

marinating the meat in wine.[2] It is first browned in fat then braised in a liquid composed primarily of stock or broth and red or white wine with carrots, onions, and herbs. Modern recipes often include celery. Some recipes add tomatoes,[3] while others add brandy or other distilled spirits. Most French recipes include a boned calf's foot to add gelatin to the braising liquid, which serves to thicken the resulting sauce.[4][5][3][6]

To finish the dish, the braised beef is removed and set aside to rest. Meanwhile, the braising liquid is strained and reduced to a sauce. The beef is sliced and served with this sauce. In simple versions à la ménagère 'housewife style', the vegetables from the braising liquid are served as the garnish. In more elaborate versions à la bourgeoise 'classy style', the vegetables that have cooked with the meat are strained out, and freshly cooked carrots and onions are added.[5]

The braising liquid varies from all-stock, to about 1:3 wine to stock,[6][5] to all wine.[3] One American recipe from 1896 uses just water.[7]

History

In English, the dish was formerly called both "beef à la mode" and "à la mode beef" (sometimes spelled "alamode").[8] In French, it is now often called boeuf mode.[1][9]

See also

The dictionary definition of a la mode at Wiktionary

  • Bœuf bourguignon

References

  1. ^ a b Trésor de la langue française informatisé, s.v. 'mode' I.B.2b
  2. ^ Beef à la Mode in Food & Wine By Russ Crandall- October 2014
  3. ^
    ISBN 9782253003175
    , p. 256
  4. ISBN 0688036708
  5. ^ a b c E. Saint-Ange (pseudonym for Marie Ébrard), La bonne cuisine de Madame E. Saint-Ange, Larousse, 1927, reprinted by Éditions Chaix 1978, p. 394–399
  6. ^
    ISBN 2082000478
    , p. 179
  7. Fannie Merritt Farmer, The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book
    , 1896, p. 181
  8. ^ Oxford English Dictionary, Third Edition, s.v. 'à la mode' C1, C2
  9. ^ Google Ngrams
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