DISH RESEARCH · Main dish
Brasato al Merlot
Ticino beef braised with Merlot, vegetables and aromatic herbs.
About Brasato al Merlot
This Ticino recipe braises a whole piece of beef in local Merlot. Onion, celery, carrot, garlic and a bundle of herbs accompany the meat during its wine marinade and slow cooking.
The beef is browned in oil before the marinade and vegetables return to the pot. Broth is added if needed, and the covered meat simmers until soft.
The aromatic bundle is removed before the vegetables are blended into the sauce. Cornstarch is an optional thickener, while prepared polenta is the accompaniment named by the source.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Celery.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Brasato al Merlot
Ticino Turismo and CCAT’s Merlot-braised beef.
- Beef, aletta cutProtein
- Ticino Merlot wineLiquid
- OnionAromatic
- Celery stalkAromatic
- CarrotAromatic
- GarlicAromatic
- Juniper berriesSeasoning · Optional
- ClovesSeasoning · Optional
- SageSeasoning · Optional
- RosemarySeasoning · Optional
- Bay leafSeasoning · Optional
- OilCooking mediumIngredient page not linked
- BrothLiquid · OptionalIngredient page not linked
- SaltSeasoning
- PepperSeasoningIngredient page not linked
- CornstarchBinder · Optional
- Prepared polentaAccompaniment
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Beef, aletta cut: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual69 alettadimanzo, broad beef candidate preserves exact local cut without unsupported anatomical mapping.
- Ticino Merlot wine: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual70 specifically local red Merlot, full wine formula unknown.
- Onion: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Celery stalk: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Celery source-confirmed. Actual72 gambo named stalk, Celery positive.
- Carrot: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Garlic: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Juniper berries (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual75 aromatic a piacimento, optional personal-choice assortment; named form retained.
- Cloves (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual75 named aromatic to taste.
- Sage (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual75 named aromatic to taste.
- Rosemary (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual75 named aromatic to taste.
- Bay leaf (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual75 named aromatic to taste.
- Oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual91 required method-only searingoil, botanical source unknown.
- Broth (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual91 conditional if marinade insufficient to cover, animal/product full formula unknown.
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual91 method-only seasoning.
- Pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual91 generic pepper species/form unprovided.
- Cornstarch (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual92 optional Maizena if sauce needs binding.
- Prepared polenta: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual83 Conpolenta, full upstream recipe formula unprovided; no dairy assumed from generic prepared polenta.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- Switzerland
- SwitzerlandCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Ticinese Cuisine
- Swiss CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.