Chestnut mushrooms with bock beer

Name: Chestnut mushrooms with bock beer
Ingredients: 200 g Ground beef; 300 g large chestnut mushrooms; 1 mild chili powder; 1 beef or vegetable stock; 1 units.items Shallot; Pepper and salt; 2 olive or sunflower oil; 7 units.items bottle of Hertog Jan Bock beer; 75 g lightly smoked slab bacon

Bock beer has a long tradition in Germany. It is the first beer to be brewed in autumn, using the new hop and barley harvest.

In Arcen (Limburg), Hertog Jan brews a beautiful bock beer, but of course in their own way. Hertog Jan brewed the first Dutch bock beer with top fermentation instead of bottom fermentation. It combines a beautiful bittersweet taste with a stunning ruby red color. You can also store the Bockbier a bit longer. This way, the flavor can develop even further and you don't have to wait until it's available again!

Ingredients

200gGround beef

300glarge chestnut mushrooms

1mild chili powder

1beef or vegetable stock

1units.itemsShallot

Pepper and salt

2olive or sunflower oil

7units.itemsbottle of Hertog Jan Bock beer

75glightly smoked slab bacon

Preparation

Brush the chestnut mushrooms, cut off the tough bottom, and hollow them out as much as possible with a sharp knife. Cut the hollowed-out parts into very small pieces. Briefly cook the hollowed mushrooms until just tender and let them drain.
Peel the shallot and cut into pieces.
Heat oil in a casserole and briefly fry the minced beef while stirring. Break it up with a fork.
Add the shallot pieces, mild chili powder, and the stock, and stew over the lowest heat for 30 minutes. Add extra stock if necessary. Five minutes before the end of the stewing time, reduce the cooking liquid slightly.
Add the beer and mushroom pieces and continue stewing.
Cut the lightly smoked bacon into paper-thin strips and fry in a frying pan without fat until lightly crispy.
Fill the drained mushrooms with the warm stew mixture and garnish with the strips of lightly smoked bacon. Serve as a snack.
Serve with a lightly chilled glass of Hertog Jan Bockbier. The pleasant, full-bodied character of Hertog Jan Bockbier gives the minced beef an extra rich flavor in combination with the lightly crispy bacon strips.