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Tafelspitz Recipe Instant Pot

How To Make the Austrian National food - Taflespitz using boiled steak or beef cuts in a pressure cooker.
Prep Time45 minutes
Cook Time1 hour 30 minutes
Course: Dinner, Lunch
Cuisine: Austrian, German
Keyword: Boiled Beef
Servings: 6
Calories: 840kcal
Author: Rose

Ingredients

  • 3 onions
  • 50 fl 0z water 1.5 l water
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 3 lbs topside beef 1.5kg
  • 10 black peppercorns
  • Salt and pepper for seasoning
  • 2 lbs carrots 900g of mixed peeled root vegetables, carrots, swede cut into 1-2 inch chunks
  • 2 leeks one for cooking in the instant pot and one cut into 1/4 inch slices one for cooking in the instant pot and one cut into 1/4 inch slices
  • 1 Chives To Finish
  • 2 tablespoons Vegetable Oil
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 1 cup baby peas
  • 6 Marrowbone slices
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1 cup baby peas
  • 1 bunch swiss chard
  • 3 sticks celery
  • 2 green apples
  • 1 tablespoon horseradish sauce optional

Instructions

  • Bone marrow:  Preheat your oven to 180°C or 350°F and sprinkle the bones with salt and pepper. Bake in the oven for between 10-15 minutes, just depending on the size of the bone marrow.
  • Onions: Cut the onions in half, but leave the skin on and roast for the same time as the bone marrow.
  • Vegetables: Wash the Swiss card, leeks, and other vegetables.
  • Prepare: Cut the white stalks out of the Swiss card and cut them up into 1-inch bits
  • Prepare: Peel the carrots 
  • Prepare: Peel the swede and cut up into quarters
  • Pressure Cooking: Put 50 fl oz (1.5l) water into the instant pot - and place the whole beef in - then add the carrots, swede, bay leaves, roast onions (take off skin), celery, and one of the whole leeks.
  • Season: Add in 10 whole peppercorns and a teaspoon of salt
  • Pressure Cook: For 70 minutes and 10 minutes natural release
  • Ice Bath: Take out the beef and carrots and swede and put them in an ice bath - this will keep the beef really moist and tender - but most of all it will stay in one piece when you cut - because in the pressure cooker it is really melt in your mouth tender beef - putting it in the ice bath lets you cut it in a slab - but when you eat it is soo good.
  • Clear Broth:  Take out the other vegetables and you are left with an amazing clear beef broth- season it with salt and pepper to taste.
  • Apples: Peel the apples - and diced them - cook them with a little bit of water in a hot pan - then eventually making them into an apple sauce. Now you can mix in the horseradish - but this is optional as people either love or hate horseradish.
  • Saute: Cut the remaining leeks into thin slices and saute in a little butter and oil  - about 3-5 minutes - till they just go soft. Then do the same with the Swiss chard - using a little oil and butter as well.
  • Chives: Finely dice some chives for finishing.
  • Root Vegetables: Cut the carrots and swedes into smaller nice bit sized pieces 
  • Beef: Cut the beef into thick slabs, about 1/2 inch - cut against the grain.
  • Plating Up: Now put in the clear beef broth, salt of steak, and decorate with vegetables.

Notes

Use our photo or video as a guide on how to plate up - this is really great traditional German or Austrian food.

Nutrition

Calories: 840kcal | Carbohydrates: 40g | Protein: 47g | Fat: 55g | Saturated Fat: 24g | Cholesterol: 159mg | Sodium: 632mg | Potassium: 1511mg | Fiber: 10g | Sugar: 20g | Vitamin A: 26185IU | Vitamin C: 39mg | Calcium: 121mg | Iron: 7mg