How to make Flemish stew in a slow cooker /crock pot?

beer

🥗Healthier: non-alcoholic beer

💰Cheaper: chicken broth

Non-alcoholic beer provides a similar flavor without alcohol.

beef

🥗Healthier: chicken

💰Cheaper: pork

Chicken reduces fat content while pork can be more economical.

Slice onions and peel garlic cloves.

Cut beef into cubes about an inch in diameter.

Heat a pan and add about an ounce of butter and some vegetable oil.

Saute onions until lightly golden brown.

Add crushed garlic and cook until caramelized.

Transfer onions to the slow cooker bowl.

Add more butter and oil to the pan and brown the meat in batches.

Transfer browned meat to the slow cooker with the onions, including all the juices.

Deglaze the pan with some Belgian beer and bring to a boil.

Add salt, black pepper, malt vinegar, and cranberry sauce to the pan.

Add a small spoon of yeast extract and bouquet garni to the mixture.

Pour the mixture over the meat and onions in the slow cooker.

Spread Dijon mustard over the wholemeal bread and place it mustard-side down on top of the casserole.

Push the bread down into the gravy juices.

Cook on low heat in the slow cooker for about seven hours or until the meat is tender.

Stir in the bread to thicken the sauce before serving.

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