Carbonada
Beef braised in red wine
Salt-cured beef stewed long and slow in red wine with onions and spices until dark and tender, served with polenta, the Valdostan winter dish.
Key ingredients
salt-cured beefred wineonion
What wine goes with Carbonada?
- Petit Rouge A structured Petit Rouge echoes the wine in the braise and stands up to the rich beef.
- Valle d'Aosta o Vallée d'Aoste DOC A Torrette Superieur under the DOC has the body for the long-braised carbonada.