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Kalops
Swedish beef-and-onion stew slowly simmered with allspice and bay leaf.
About Kalops
Kalops is a long-established Swedish beef stew whose defining seasoning is allspice. This profile follows a restrained version of beef chuck and onions simmered with bay leaf, white pepper and whole allspice.
The beef and browned butter create a deep savoury base, while onion softens into the gravy. Allspice gives the stew its distinctive warm, gently peppery perfume, supported by bay leaf and white pepper.
The stew is dark brown and glossy, with tender cubes of beef and soft onion held in a lightly thickened gravy. It is served hot and remains spoonable rather than reduced to a dry braise.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Milk.
Product-dependent or unconfirmed: Wheat (gluten).
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Kalops
Traditional Swedish Kalops with Allspice.
- Beef chuckTender slow-cooked meat
- SaltSavoury seasoning
- White pepperGentle peppery heat
- FlourLight gravy thickener
- ButterBrowning fat and dairy richness
- Yellow onionsSweet savoury body
- Whole allspiceDefining warm spice
- Bay leavesHerbal depth
- WaterStewing liquid
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Beef chuck:
- Salt:
- White pepper:
- Flour: . The source names flour without a grain; the established wheat-flour route is retained with Wheat explicitly pending rather than assumed safe
- Butter: . No producer or salted state is supplied; Milk remains source-confirmed
- Yellow onions:
- Whole allspice:
- Bay leaves:
- Water:
Origins & food traditions
Food.com supplies the complete restrained kalops recipe selected here, using beef chuck, onion, flour, butter, allspice, bay leaf, water, salt and white pepper. The Daring Gourmet independently identifies kalops as a traditional Swedish beef stew dating to at least the eighteenth century and confirms allspice as its distinctive seasoning, while explicitly marking its own garlic and red-wine additions as nontraditional.
Countries
- Sweden
- SwedenCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Swedish Cuisine
- Swedish CuisineCatalogue link pending review
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