French Beef Stew
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Difficulty:
easy
Difficulty
Preparation:
3 h. 30 min.
Preparation
Ingredients
for
4
- Ingredients
- 6 cups braising Steak (cut into cubes)
- 3 Tbsps Oil
- 3 ½ cups shallots (peeled)
- 4 rashers fatty Bacon (streaky, American)
- 2 cloves garlic cloves
- 1 Tbsp flour
- 2 cups red Burgundy (or other dry red wine)
- 1 cup Beef stock (or water)
- 2 large carrots (peeled and cut into chunks)
- 2 sprigs thyme
- 2 bay leaves
- ¼ cup butter
- 2 ¾ cups button Mushrooms
- 1 Tbsp chopped parsley
Preparation steps
1.
Heat the oven to 160C (140C fan) 325F, gas 3.
2.
Heat 2 tbsp oil in a large pan and sear the meat in batches until browned all over. Set aside.
3.
Add the rest to the oil to the pan and gently fry the shallots and bacon until lightly browned.
4.
Add the garlic and return the meat to the pan. Stir in the flour and cook for 2 minutes.
5.
Pour in the wine and stock and bring to a boil, stirring all the time. Add the carrots, thyme and bay leaves and season with salt and pepper.
6.
Transfer to an ovenproof dish and cook for 2 1/2 hours.
7.
Heat the butter in a pan and gently cook the mushrooms until browned. Add to the meat and cook in the oven for a further 30 minutes.
8.
Serve with the parsley sprinkled on top.
