Daube Provencale
Beef braised in red wine with orange and olives.
Ingredients
- 1000 g Beef chuck
- 500 ml Red wine
- 3 Carrot
- 2 Onion
- 4 cloves Garlic
- 1 Orange
- 80 g Kalamata olives
- 1 tbsp Herbes de Provence
- 3 tbsp Extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 tsp Salt
Method
- Cube the beef and chop the carrot, onion, and garlic.
- Brown the beef in oil, then soften the vegetables.
- Add the wine, orange zest, herbs, and salt and braise low until very tender, about 2.5 hours.
- Stir in the olives and reduce briefly.
- Serve with potatoes or pasta.
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About Daube Provencale
Daube provençale is a slow-braised beef stew from Provence, the sun-soaked south of France, and a close cousin to Burgundy's boeuf bourguignon that trades that region's palette for Mediterranean flavors. Chuck is browned and then braised for hours in red wine with carrots, onion, garlic and herbes de Provence, but two ingredients give it its unmistakable southern character: strips of orange zest and a scatter of Kalamata olives stirred in near the end. That combination of wine, citrus and brine is what separates a daube from a plainer beef braise.
The long, low cook renders the beef fork-tender and the sauce dark and glossy, savory with a faint bitter-sweet perfume of orange and the salty, fruity punch of olives cutting through the richness. It is deeply comforting, warming winter food that tastes even better the day after it is made, once the flavors have settled. Traditionally it is served over potatoes or wide pasta to catch the sauce, and it is well suited to a relaxed weekend when a three-hour braise can look after itself. Rich in protein and low in carbohydrate on its own, it is the kind of centerpiece a gathering is built around.
Daube Provencale: frequently asked questions
How many calories are in Daube Provencale?
A serving has about 575 calories — 31.9g protein, 12.5g carbs, 38.3g fat, 2.7g fiber. Figures are estimated from the ingredient amounts and will shift with your portions and brands.
Is it high in protein?
Each serving has about 31.9g of protein, roughly 22% of its calories.
Is Daube Provencale gluten-free?
Based on its ingredients, Daube Provencale has no gluten-containing components, so it's naturally gluten-free — as always, check that any packaged ingredients you use are certified gluten-free to be safe.
How long does Daube Provencale take to make?
About 180 minutes start to finish, but only around 33 of those are hands-on — the rest is largely unattended cooking time you can step away from. In the Homecooked app the timers and parallel steps are sequenced for you so the hands-on part feels even shorter.
How many servings does Daube Provencale make?
This recipe makes 6 servings. In the app you can scale it up or down and the ingredient amounts adjust automatically.