boeuf bourguignon

Name: boeuf bourguignon
Cook time: 2 h 45 min
Total time: 2 h 45 min
Yield: 9
Ingredients: 2 kg Lean beef (from the leg); 125 g streaky bacon; 500 g small onions; 3-4 Garlic cloves; 300 g Carrots; 500 g Mushrooms; 7-10 Tbsp Salt; 7-10 Tbsp Pepper; 2 TABLESPOONS clarified butter; 3 TABLESPOONS Flour; 2 TABLESPOONS Tomato paste; 3/8 l dry red wine; 1,5 l clear broth (instant); 4 Bay leaves; 2 TEASPOONS dried thyme; 7-10 Tbsp fresh herbs

AUTHOR
Lenora Decker

DIFFICULTY
easy

RATING

COOK TIME
165 mins

TOTAL TIME
165 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 9

2 kg Lean beef (from the leg)
125 g streaky bacon
500 g small onions
3-4 Garlic cloves
300 g Carrots
500 g Mushrooms
7-10 Tbsp Salt
7-10 Tbsp Pepper
2 TABLESPOONS clarified butter
3 TABLESPOONS Flour
2 TABLESPOONS Tomato paste
3/8 l dry red wine
1,5 l clear broth (instant)
4 Bay leaves
2 TEASPOONS dried thyme
7-10 Tbsp fresh herbs

Directions

1
Wash the meat, dab dry and cut into large cubes. Cut bacon into fine strips. Peel onions and garlic. Halve onions, press garlic through a garlic press. Clean, peel and finely dice the carrots. Wash and clean the mushrooms.
2
Put bacon in a roasting pan and take it out. Sauté garlic and carrots in bacon fat, add mushrooms and fry while turning. Season with salt and pepper and take out. Melt the lard in the frying fat. Fry the meat cubes and onions in portions. Dust everything with flour. Stir in tomato paste. Season with salt and pepper. Deglaze with wine and stock. Stir in bay leaves and thyme. Cover the meat pot and braise in the preheated oven (electric cooker: 200 °C/ gas: level 3) for about 2 hours.
3
Dust everything with flour. Stir in tomato paste. Season with salt and pepper. Deglaze with wine and stock. Stir in bay leaves and thyme. Cover the meat pot and braise in the preheated oven (electric cooker: 200 °C/ gas: level 3) for about 2 hours. Add bacon, carrots and mushrooms approx. 30 minutes before the end of the cooking time and continue to cook. Season meat pot again and serve garnished with fresh herbs