Meltingly tender beef stew: the cast-iron pot technique for ultra-tender meat and a coating sauce

Beef stewed in a cast-iron pot is one of the great classics of French family cooking. Everything relies on a precise technique: searing the meat, dusting it with flour (singer), then letting it simmer over low heat for more than two hours. But it is an often overlooked detail that guarantees a truly coating sauce.

There are recipes that cross generations without ever…