carbonnade flamande
- noun
- The chef prepared a delicious carbonnade flamande using locally brewed ale.
Examples
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For dinner, we enjoyed a classic carbonnade flamande with crusty bread on the side.
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I love carbonnade flamande with a side of vegetables.
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She ordered carbonnade flamande after reading about the famous Flemish stew in a travel guide.
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Have you ever tried carbonnades flamandes?
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For dinner, we enjoyed a classic carbonnade flamande with crusty bread on the side.
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She ordered carbonnade flamande after reading about the famous Flemish stew in a travel guide.
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The chef prepared a delicious carbonnade flamande using locally brewed ale.
Synonyms
A dish of beef slowly cooked in beer with garlic and served with boiled potatoes
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Morphology
carbonnade + flamande
Both elements are non‑English borrowings and do not transparently describe the dish to a B1 learner: 'carbonnade' is not a common English word and 'flamande' only indicates Flemish origin, which at best suggests region but not cooking method or ingredients. As a conventional name for a specific regional stew, the overall meaning (beef stewed in beer with seasonings) cannot be reliably derived from the parts without prior exposure.
Etymology
Carbonnade flamande may come from a word for 'coal' because cooks once seared meat over hot coals and then slowly stewed it in dark beer. That's why the name now refers to a rich Flemish beef stew cooked in beer.