Beef bourguignon

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  • Cuisine: French
  • Serves 6

Ingredients

1kg beef (preferably Wagyu), cut into large chunks
300g speck, cubed
½ cup extra virgin olive oil
2 carrots, peeled, halved and sliced
2 celery sticks- leaves intact, halved then sliced
1 leek, halved and sliced
1 onion, peeled and chopped
5 shallots - halved
10 sprigs of thyme
7 bay leaves
1 bunch of parsley
½ litre red wine, brought to the boil and simmered to remove acidity
Salt & pepper to taste
300g button mushrooms

Carrot Puree
5 carrots, peeled and chopped

Mashed Potatoes
6 large desiree potatoes, skin on
100g butter
200ml milk

Sourdough bread – to serve

Preparation

Beef Bourguignon
Heat oil in a pan over med-high heat.

Seal the beef in batches until golden brown then drain and set aside - reserve the oil.

Repeat until all beef is sealed - reserve oil.

Using the same pan and oil as the beef, add all vegetables except the mushrooms and cook for 5-8 minutes.

Place meat in a large casserole dish, top with the vegetables, bay leaves, thyme and speck. Stir to combine.

Pour red wine over the beef and vegetables, season with salt and pepper and cover with lid.

Place on the stove and bring to the boil, then reduce heat to very low and cook for 40 minutes.

While the bourguignon is cooking prepare the carrot puree and mash below.

Just before serving, add the carrot puree and mushrooms, stir through and cook for a further 10 minutes. Sprinkle with chopped parsley.

Serve with mashed potatoes and bread.


Carrot Puree
Add chopped carrots to a pot, cover with cold water and bring to the boil.

Add salt and cook until just soft.

Pass through tamis, fine sieve or hand blender.



Mashed Potatoes
Place whole unpeeled potatoes into a pot of cold water.

Bring to the boil and add salt.

Cook until soft.

Peel while still hot.

Pass through a tamis, fine sieve or use a fork.

Heat milk in a saucepan until warm.

While the milk is heating, return the mashed potatoes to their pot and stir over medium heat for about 3-5 minutes to remove excess water (this will also add air to the potatoes and make them more light and fluffy).

Add warm milk in small amounts and stir in the butter - mix until combined.

Place cling wrap on top of the potatoes and set aside until ready to serve.

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Comments (21)

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21 Jul 2009 03:09 AEST
RedSand
Wollongong
slow cooker?
Hi all! Apparently this is a great recipe. I was wondering whether people think this can be done with a slow cooker using the same process and amount of ingredients, particularly the wine..? Or whether when using a slow cooker you ned to make adjustments? Thanks...
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11 Jul 2009 05:36 AEST
Adstar
leichhardt
red wine
I have cooked this a few times now and i think the flavour is more robust if not watered down, try at least a a bottle of reasonable red wine.
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09 Jul 2009 09:27 AEST
Charmaine
Elsternwick
Magnifique!
I just returned from Europe and watched this episode on my flight home (not great when I was just about to be served plane food!). I had to cook it straight away so headed to the South Melbourne market and bought my ingredients (all part of the experience of course) and cooked this amazingly wonderful wintery dish for a friend (she went back for seconds) who now thinks I'm an amazing cook! If only she knew how easy this was! Tonight I will try Prawn Rougaille!
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21 Jun 2009 03:28 AEST
Dan
Surry hills
Magnificent
This dish is fantastic...Cooked as a Sunday arvo lunch.... Perfect winter warmer!!!!!
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12 Jun 2009 12:02 AEST
Bloomers
Dirranbandi
re Query on ingredients
It's double smoked pork belly - in your neck of the woods you could try this mob - they're at Yatala, apparently also available at IGA and Woolies. Maybe you'll have better luck with your butcher than I had here outback. http://www.gotzinger.com/products.htm
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10 Jun 2009 08:57 AEST
Bruce Sanders
Mudgeeraba
Query on ingredients
Could someone tell me what 'speck' is and where would I get it.
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09 Jun 2009 09:51 AEST
Shelley
Freshwater
Red wine
Anthony, I used 1/2 litre of red wine and it was delicious. I had to keep adding water as I cooked it for ages longer, but I think if I'd used more red wine it would have been too rich.
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02 Jun 2009 02:10 AEST
Anthony
Woollahra
Wine
Just a note, on the recipe it says 1/2 ltre red wine, in the video Maeve actually says 2 bottles...can anyone let me know which it is. Regards.
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