Delicious, healthy and warming Typical stews with beef

Hot soups and hearty stews have high season in the frosty months. Not to be forgotten are in our latitudes diverse creations with beef: classics like Gaisburger march, green bean stew or Grandma's Graupeneintopf, but also very individual remainder arouse the spirits and give new energy.

Especially low in calories, the preparation without further fat addition. In addition to Tafelspitz, breast and high rib of beef are particularly suitable for cooking. These cuts are pithy and crossed with fine fatty veins. So they stay nice and juicy while cooking.

Healthy and tasty: beef soup. Image: robynmac .- fotolia

First, the meat is rolled. For this you should always cut across, at least diagonally to the fiber. Long-cut meat loses more juice during preparation and can later be hard to chew. The meat cubes come in salted, boiling water. As soon as the cut surfaces look gray, you just let them grow. For unadulterated enjoyment, the protein foam must be skimmed off in good time and, if necessary, several times.

Alternatively, meat is used for example from the upper or lower shell. For this purpose, meat cubes in a little heated fat are briefly seared all around, then quenched with liquid and braised at temperatures around the boiling point in a closed pot. This preparation method is a bit more rich. But many people do not want to miss out on the delicious toasty flavors that are created during searing.

Whether boiled or stewed - all the valuable contents that beef brings are left in the soup or stew. This applies to both water-soluble vitamins and minerals, which are dissolved out of the meat during cooking, as well as for the flavors. They can be additionally emphasized and refined by spices. Prime partners in the beef stew are white and black pepper, nutmeg, chili, garlic, paprika, oregano, bay leaf, rosemary, thyme, lovage, allspice and juniper berries.

More on healthy enjoyment, but also on the production, processing, purchasing, labeling, storage and use of beef is available at http://www.aid.de/inhalt/rindfleisch-648.html.
There are also many practical tips and advice on consumer protection. Eva Neumann, bzfe