Pasta with herbs and meat

Pasta with herbs and meat

Main dishes

A delicious herb and beef sauce, perfect for accompanying your pasta.

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This traditional Belgian recipe offers a flavorful herb-based sauce, enhanced with beef. It’s perfect for a family meal.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time15 min
  • Cook time45 min
  • Resting30 min
  • Total1 hr 30 min
  • DifficultyMedium
  • CostModerate
  • Cooking methodstove
  • Estimated cost$27.88 $4.65 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 7, 2026.

Ingredients

6 people
  • $10.98
  • $1.32
  • $0.23
  • $4.53
  • $3.97
  • $3.54
  • $0.90
  • $1.80
  • $0.26
  • $0.35

Prices from US supermarkets for 7 of 10 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. (If you don’t have beef, you can use older veal or regular veal, but the preparation time for the dishes will be shorter) ≈ 3 min

The bill

Pasta with herbs and meat

  • A portion of beef (approximately 1.5 to 2 kilograms), preferably of the “rose” variety (consult your butcher).$10.98
  • 1 cup of wine vinegar$1.32
  • 0.5-1 kg of black onions (or colored onions)$0.23
  • “Kaish”: Dried pork sausages (a type of Dalmatian cured meat)$4.53
  • a handful of dried plums$3.97
  • a few beets$3.54
  • Parmesan with fish$0.90
  • 1 kg of white globe apples$1.80
  • 200 g of all-purpose flour$0.26
  • 1 egg$0.35

Total$27.88

that's $4.65 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Before you start

Ingredients

  • A portion of beef (approximately 1.5 to 2 kilograms), preferably of the “rose” variety (consult your butcher).
  • 1 cup of wine vinegar
  • 0.5-1 kg of black onions (or colored onions)
  • Some prices from the Bay of Kotor
  • “Kaish”: Dried pork sausages (a type of Dalmatian cured meat)
  • a handful of dried plums
  • a few beets
  • green herbs (parsley, chives, dill)
  • 3 glasses of red wine (or light-bodied red wine)
  • Parmesan with fish
  • season (bay leaves, rosemary, black peppercorns, ground black pepper, “special seasoning”)
  • 1 kg of white globe apples
  • 200 g of all-purpose flour
  • 1 egg

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