Recipes · French · Stews

Tripes à la Mode de Caen

One serving has 431 kcal and 33 g protein, and at least a fifth of a woman's daily need of cobalamin (135%), choline (108%), vitamin A (64%), selenium (62%), zinc (48%) and manganese (43%). Ready in 330 minutes.

Tripes à la Mode de Caen
Photo: Yun Huang Yong, CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
  • Preparation: 30 min
  • Cooking: 300 min
  • Makes: 1 serving (550 g)
  • Difficulty: Hard
  • Diets: Gluten-free, Dairy-free, High protein, Low carb
  • Contains: alcohol, beef, celery, pork, sulphite

Ingredients

  • 220 g Beef tripe, raw
  • 25 g Bacon, raw
  • 50 g Onions, raw
  • 50 g Carrots, raw
  • 30 g Leeks, raw
  • 3 g Garlic, raw
  • 60 g Wine, white
  • 10 g Spirits
  • 100 g Beef broth
  • 0.3 g Bay leaves
  • 0.5 g Thyme, dried
  • 0.1 g Cloves
  • 1 g Salt
  • 0.3 g Black pepper

Method

  1. Blanch the tripe in boiling water for 5 minutes, drain, then cut into wide strips.
  2. Layer the tripe with the bacon, onion, carrot, leek and garlic in a heavy, tight-lidded pot.
  3. Pour over the white wine (dry cider is traditional; wine stands in here), the spirits (in place of Calvados) and the beef broth, and add the bay, thyme and cloves.
  4. Cover tightly and cook at a bare simmer, or in a 150 °C (300 °F) oven, for 5 hours, until the tripe is meltingly tender.
  5. Skim off any excess fat from the surface, season with salt and pepper, and serve piping hot.

Nutrition per serving

NutrientPer servingShare of a day's need
Energy431 kcal20%
Carbohydrates17.1 g
Water469 mL
Fiber3.2 g11%
Protein32.9 g69%
Tryptophan0.02 g
Threonine0.13 g
Isoleucine0.07 g
Leucine0.11 g
Lysine0.1 g
Methionine0.02 g
Cystine0.05 g
Phenylalanine0.07 g
Tyrosine0.04 g
Valine0.08 g
Histidine0.04 g
Fat18 g
Monounsaturated7.5 g
Polyunsaturated2 g
Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA)0 g
Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA)0 g
Omega-61.6 g
Saturated6.2 g
Trans-Fats0.37 g
Cholesterol285 mg
Calcium230 mg23%
Copper0.27 mg30%
Iron3.5 mg19%
Magnesium62.2 mg20%
Manganese0.77 mg43%
Phosphorus256 mg37%
Potassium604 mg13%
Selenium34.4 µg62%
Sodium1,208 mg
Zinc3.8 mg48%
Thiamin (vitamin B1)0.16 mg15%
Riboflavin (vitamin B2)0.25 mg23%
Niacin (vitamin B3)4.5 mg32%
Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5)0.95 mg19%
Pyridoxine (vitamin B6)0.38 mg29%
Folate (vitamin B9)53.9 µg13%
Cobalamin (vitamin B12)3.3 µg135%
Choline457 mg108%
Vitamin A447 µg64%
Vitamin C11.6 mg15%
Vitamin D (D2 + D3)4 IU1%
Vitamin E0.97 mg6%
Vitamin K30.4 µg34%

Shares of a day's need are for a woman of 30, 165 cm, 60 kg, lightly active, by the US and Canadian Dietary Reference Intakes. SustainBite works out each person's own needs, by the standard where they live: the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations in Norway, the UK's, EFSA's in the EU.

Climate footprint

6.7 kg CO2e a serving: higher than most main dishes on SustainBite. Source: ADEME, Agribalyse 3.2.

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