A bed of capers, anchovies, pickles, and onions, a nice piece of meat to simmer… This is Saint-Gilloise agriade, an authentic and delicious dish. A treat for your taste buds!

Saint-Gilloise agriade or sailors' stew is a typical dish from the Gard, a local specialty that the people of Saint-Gilloise, Camargue farmers and boatmen of the Rhône would eat at their workplace. 

Ingredients:

  • 1 kg of thinly sliced ​​chuck
  • 1 kg of onions
  • 12 pickles
  • 100 g of capers
  • 200 g of anchovies in oil
  • Salt and pepper

Instructions:

  • Roughly mix the onions, capers, pickles, anchovies and pepper.
  • In a casserole dish with a little oil, add a layer of chuck steak, a layer of the above mixture, and so on, until all the chuck steak is used up. Feel free to add a little olive oil between the different layers.
  • Cover and cook for about 3 hours over low heat. You can add a glass of water if necessary.

Serve piping hot with Camargue rice.

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