What is Hachee?

Hachee is a type of stew or sauce from the Netherlands that is based on ground or sliced ​​meat. The Dutch prepared this food and ate from the least Middle Ages. The word is of French origin; Hacher means chopping, ground or grinding, so Hachee has been adopted as a way to describe the way the meat has been prepared for food. Today, Hachee is one of the simplest and most common recipes in traditional Dutch cuisine.

The exact origin of Hachee is unknown. However, some people theorized that this occurred when people used meat that have already cooked in heavily wall pots with cooking made of cast iron called Dutch furnaces with some vegetables. They also added liquids that have a large amount of acidity, such as vinegar and wine, to the meat to further offer it. Three more evidence of the existence of steamed meat can be found in descriptions of medieval European dishes located in public arenas for self -service. However, there is no record of how to take up during the CTCHe discovered Hachee.

Typical recipe for Hachee includes cubic or ground beef or steak, which is spiced with salt and pepper, then brown in an oil or butter pan. Cropping the onion can be introduced a few moments later to be brownish beef. Then the flour is added. When it also brown, the stock is added to the mixture, followed by vinegar or wine, bay leaves and cloves. The heat is then rejected to cholate the meat for over an hour.

The resulting sauce has a strong institution and dark brown color. Hachee is usually served as a spice with slightly fried and slowly stewed red cabbage, boiled potatoes, apples or apple or rice. Another meal Tklobouk usually goes with goulash is hutspot , which is Dutch for hotchpotch, or a bowl consisting of cooked and mashed potatoes with carrots and onions. Also about medieval origin, hutspot rivals rivals that tIt is Hachee, as they say, that it was created during the unsuccessful French 1574 siege of the southern Dutch city of Leiden during the Eighty Years' War.

Despite the standard ingredients for Hachee production, chefs can freely replace some of them for others or enter accessories. For example, some people use fish or chicken instead of the usual beef. Others can add ingredients such as soy sauce or raisins.