Flouring meat

[gazzawazza]

why do recipes sometimes tell you to flour meat before cooking?

[sunflower68]

If fry ing the meat, it makes it a lovely brown colour. It can also help thicken it's sauce.

[gazzawazza]

Thank you sunflower.

[lia*]

flour also prevents meat and vegetables from sticking to the pot when frying.

[Gef]

I hate browning meat. Always splatters everywhere and I have to clean the hob, walls etc. Seems to me that you get less splattering if the meat is coated in flour.

For a lovely recipe that does not require browning try this

http://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/ten-minute- goulash,1851,RC.html

So easy and Sainsbury's do a lovely smoked papikra.