Beef Bourguignon

Name: Beef Bourguignon
Ingredients: 2 lbs beef (i use tenderloin but hip or shoulder stewing beef works); 2 cups red wine; 1/4 cup sunflower oil; 4 ounces pancetta, thinly sliced and cubed; 2 cups onions, coursley chopped; 2 cups carrots, chopped 1 inch lengths; 1 1/2 cups celery, chopped fine; 8 garlic cloves, chopped fine; 2 teaspoons fresh thyme; 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves; 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice; 1 cup unbleached all-purpose flour; 4 teaspoons tomato paste; 2 bay leaves; 1/2 cup beef stock; 1/2 cup water; 1 lb whole button mushroom; 1 1/2 lbs potatoes; 2 tablespoons butter; 1/2 lb white pearl onion; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/2 teaspoon pepper

22 ingredients

11 steps

Ingredients

2 lbs beef (i use tenderloin but hip or shoulder stewing beef works)
2 cups red wine
1/4 cup sunflower oil
4 ounces pancetta, thinly sliced and cubed
2 cups onions, coursley chopped
2 cups carrots, chopped 1 inch lengths
1 1/2 cups celery, chopped fine
8 garlic cloves, chopped fine
2 teaspoons fresh thyme
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
1 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
4 teaspoons tomato paste
2 bay leaves
1/2 cup beef stock
1/2 cup water
1 lb whole button mushroom
1 1/2 lbs potatoes
2 tablespoons butter
1/2 lb white pearl onion
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper

Directions

1

combine beef wine and 4 cloves garlic and marinate overnight (8 hours).
2

in a dutch oven heat 2 table spoons sunflower oil and stir in pancetta until slightly crip and remove.
3

add 2 table spoon oil and saute mushroom carrot and celery with clove allspice, 4 cloves garlic and thyme 5 minutes remove and set aside with pancetta.
4

remove beef from wine marinade and set wine marinade aside.
5

Combine flour salt and pepper and dredge the beef completely.
6

in dutch oven add 2 tablespoons oil and brown beef (in batches if necessary adding more oil if needed).
7

add vegetables, pancetta to beef and stir for a minute.
8

add wine marinade scraping all the bits from bottom of dutch oven.
9

add tomato paste, water, beef stock, bay leaf and place in pre heated oven 325 for 3 hours.
10

Saute pearl onions in butter for 3-5 minutes and in last 1/2 hour add to dutch oven.
11

In a seperat pot boil potatos whole, 20 minutes let cool and peel skin, quarter the potato and add to dutch oven for last 5 minutes.