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Classic boeuf Bourguignon, the French beef stew made with red wine, mushrooms, pearl onions, and bacon, is arguably the world's greatest beef stew. In the case of boeuf Bourguignon, what the name communicates is not that it's a classic Burgundian dish, but that the beef is prepared with. Is it just a simple beef stew?
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To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have beef stew (boeuf bourguignon) using 17 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Beef Stew (Boeuf Bourguignon):
- Get 12 slices hickory smoked bacon, chopped
- Make ready 3 lbs chuck beef cup into 1" cubes
- Prepare 1 lb carrots cubed
- Prepare 2 yellow onions chopped
- Get 5 cloves garlic, chopped
- Make ready 2 cups red wine
- Take 3 cups beef stock
- Prepare 2 tbsp tomato paste
- Make ready 1 tbsp thyme
- Make ready 4 tbsp butter
- Make ready 3 tbsp flour
- Prepare 1 lb pearl onions whole
- Get 1 lb mushrooms sliced thickly
- Get 3 bay leaves
- Prepare salt
- Get pepper
- Make ready parsley for garnish
Boeuf Bourguignon: for the best results use a cast iron casserole pan / Dutch oven. Watch the video to see how to make that recipe. With its brisk acidity, a good-quality pinot noir from France's Burgundy region structures the flavor and tenderizes the meat in this classic French beef stew. Stir onions and mushrooms into beef stew.
Instructions to make Beef Stew (Boeuf Bourguignon):
- Preheat the oven to 350F. Heat 2 TB oil in large Dutch oven (or heavy, oven-safe pot with tight fitting lid.) Add bacon and cook over medium until evenly and lightly browned throughout. Using a slotted spoon, remove bacon to a large plate. Remaining oil and grease should stay in the pot.
- Using paper towels, thoroughly dry uncooked beef and sprinkle the cubes evenly with a thin layer of kosher salt and fresh ground pepper. Reheat the oil/bacon grease in the Dutch oven and sear the beef cubes in a single layer, working in batches, until each cube is brown on all sides. Do not over crowd the pan, making sure to leave some space between each piece of beef. Add more oil as needed to finish browning. Set beef aside in plate with the bacon.
- If needed, add oil and heat oil. Add carrots, onions, garlic, kosher salt, black pepper and saute for 5 minutes until onions are lightly browned.
- Add beef and bacon back into Dutch oven with their juices. Add the wine and enough beef broth to almost cover all the meat. Add tomato paste, thyme, and bay leaves. Bring to simmer, stirring occasionally. Once liquid is reaches a simmer, cover the pot with tight fitting lid and place in oven for 1.5 to 2 hours, or until meat is very tender when pierced with fork.
- Meanwhile, mix together butter with flour in small bowl and set aside. Saute mushrooms with butter in skillet just until mushrooms start to become soft.
- Remove stew from oven. Add the butter/flour mixture, frozen pearl onions, and mushrooms to the stew. Bring to a boil on stovetop and immediately reduce to simmer. Cover and simmer for 30 minutes. Skim off any fat off the top. Remove bay leaves. Season with additional kosher salt and fresh pepper to taste.
Ladle into shallow bowls and garnish with parsley; serve bread on the side. Boeuf bourguignon was introduced to the American home cooks by California native Julia Child. Beef bourguignon (US: /ˌbʊərɡiːnˈjɒ̃/) or bœuf bourguignon (UK: /ˌbɜːf ˈbɔːrɡɪn.jɒ̃/; French: [bœf buʁɡiɲɔ̃]), also called beef Burgundy, and bœuf à la Bourguignonne, is a beef stew braised in red wine, often red Burgundy, and beef stock, typically flavored with carrots, onions, garlic, and a bouquet garni. Boeuf bourguignon is so much more than just another beef stew. This classic French dish, made so popular by a certain Ms.
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