We had a cold spell last week and decided to make this easy for Boeuf Bourguignon, adapting British cook Delia Smith and Julia Child recipe for a classic. This is an excellent dish raises a simple stew is a gourmet meal. Note: for a better cut of beef stew best. French friend Anne to use a secret ingredient - beef cheeks, a cut of meat is delicious and cheapest tender after cooking. Use the wine you drink, such as Bordeaux or Burgundy, not cooking wine ....
Ingredients
1 pound (450 g) stewing beef cubes
7 oz (200 g) lightly smoked bacon or strips of bacon, cut into small pieces
4 oz (110 g) button mushrooms
2 cloves garlic, peeled and sliced
1 medium onion, peeled and sliced
4 carrots, thickly sliced
1 small jar of baby onions in balsamic vinegar (see alternative below)
C. 1 tablespoon tomato paste
2 sprigs thyme (1 tsp dried)
1 bay leaf
2 heaped tablespoons of flour
15 fl oz (425 ml) red Burgundy
salt and freshly ground black pepper
Preheat the oven to Gas Mark 1, 275 ° F (140 degrees C).
* Put first 9 ingredients in a saucepan and season with salt and pepper.
(Option: .. Fry bacon with a little olive oil and butter, then add oil to the pan and keep the meat jump "thereafter)
* Sprinkle in flour and mix until lightly coated.
* Pour the wine, stir, cover with lid fitting and pop in the oven for 3 hours.
* Serve with noodles or mashed potatoes.
* If you can not find onions in balsamic vinegar, here's a replacement:
* Braised Onions
18-24 small white onion, peeled
1 1 / 2 c. tablespoons unsalted butter
1 1 / 2 c. tablespoons olive oil
Heat butter and oil in a large skillet and add onion to skillet. Saute 'in ten minutes
Ingredients
1 pound (450 g) stewing beef cubes
7 oz (200 g) lightly smoked bacon or strips of bacon, cut into small pieces
4 oz (110 g) button mushrooms
2 cloves garlic, peeled and sliced
1 medium onion, peeled and sliced
4 carrots, thickly sliced
1 small jar of baby onions in balsamic vinegar (see alternative below)
C. 1 tablespoon tomato paste
2 sprigs thyme (1 tsp dried)
1 bay leaf
2 heaped tablespoons of flour
15 fl oz (425 ml) red Burgundy
salt and freshly ground black pepper
Preheat the oven to Gas Mark 1, 275 ° F (140 degrees C).
* Put first 9 ingredients in a saucepan and season with salt and pepper.
(Option: .. Fry bacon with a little olive oil and butter, then add oil to the pan and keep the meat jump "thereafter)
* Sprinkle in flour and mix until lightly coated.
* Pour the wine, stir, cover with lid fitting and pop in the oven for 3 hours.
* Serve with noodles or mashed potatoes.
* If you can not find onions in balsamic vinegar, here's a replacement:
* Braised Onions
18-24 small white onion, peeled
1 1 / 2 c. tablespoons unsalted butter
1 1 / 2 c. tablespoons olive oil
Heat butter and oil in a large skillet and add onion to skillet. Saute 'in ten minutes