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The great thing about beef bourguignon is that, contrary to what you might think, it's very easy to make. Now if only it were as easy to spell...
8 servings
For the Beef Bourguignon:
4 lb. boneless stewing beef, cut into 2 inch cubes
1/3 cup oil
1/2 large onion, peeled, sliced
1 large carrot, peeled, sliced
2 garlic cloves, crushed
3 cups dry red wine
4 tomatoes, chopped, with juice (or their equivalent in preserves)
2 cups beef stock
2 sprigs fresh thyme
3 tbsp softened unsalted butter
3 tbsp flour
3/4 lb. button mushroom, cleaned, sliced
Salt and pepper to taste
For the Brown Braised Onions
20 oz pearl onions (about 15-20, depending on size))
1 tbsp oil
1 tbsp unsalted butter
Salt and pepper, to taste
Beef Bourguignon
1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
2. Trim beef. Dry well on paper towels. Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in large Dutch oven over medium heat. In batches, using about 1 tablespoon of oil per batch, brown beef. Transfer to bowl.
3. Add another tablespoon of oil to Dutch oven and sauté onion, carrot and garlic 4 to 5 minutes until lightly browned. Add to beef in bowl.
4. Deglaze pan with 1 cup wine, scraping browned bits from bottom.
5. Add browned beef, onion and carrot, remaining wine, garlic, tomatoes, stock and thyme back to pan. Bring mixture to boil over high heat. Remove from heat and cover.
6. Transfer to oven and cook 2½ to 3 hours until beef is fork tender.
7. Strain stew through a colander over a saucepan. Set beef and vegetables aside.
8. Skim fat from surface of liquid in saucepan and bring to a boil. Reduce liquid to 3 or 4 cups. Season.
9. In small bowl, mash butter and flour to a paste with fork.
10. Remove sauce from heat and whisk in flour paste until dissolved. Bring to a boil over medium heat. Reduce heat and simmer 2 to 3 minutes until slightly thickened.
11. Add beef and vegetables back to sauce.
12. In a large skillet, heat a tablespoon of olive oil over medium heat. Add mushrooms. Season with salt and pepper. Cook mushrooms 4 to 5 minutes until browned. Add mushrooms and Brown Braised Onions to beef mixture and sauce.
13. If you intend to, freeze at this point.
Brown Braised Onions
1. Cut off the root end of each onion. Then cut a small cross in the other end. This will allow the skins to slip off easily after blanching.
2. Add onions to saucepan of boiling salted water. Blanch about 1 minute. Drain onions then immediately run under cold water. Slice off ends of onions and skins will slip off easily.
3. Heat oil and butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add onions. Cook slowly 35 to 40 minutes until browned and glazed. Season with salt and pepper.
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