Description
Serve beef bourguignon with potatoes and seasonal veg for a hearty meal. Ours is a great recipe for a comforting family supper.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1kg beef shin or stewing beef trimmed, cut into 5cm chunks
- 2 large onions, peeled and cut into 5mm slices
- 2 carrots, peeled and cut into 1cm slices
- 2 celery sticks, cut into 1cm slices
- 1 tbsp plain flour
- 2 cloves garlic, crushed
- 750ml bottle red wine, Burgundy is good
- 2 fresh bay leaves
- 3 tbsp thyme leaf, plus extra to garnish
- 20g butter
- 150g smoked streaky bacon, cut into 5mm pieces
- 200g button mushrooms
- 1 handful parsley, roughly chopped
Instructions
- Heat a little oil in a large frying pan and brown the beef in batches, then set aside.
- In the same pan, add the onions, carrots and celery, and fry for 5-6 mins until softened.
- Sprinkle over the flour and give everything a good stir.
- Add the garlic, wine, bay leaves, thyme and the beef back in, and bring to a gentle simmer. Cover and cook for 2 hrs until the beef is tender.
- In another frying pan, add a little oil and the butter, then fry the bacon and mushrooms until the bacon is crisp and the mushrooms browned. Add to the stew and heat through for 10 mins. Scatter with parsley and serve with mash if you like.
- Prep Time: 25 mins
- Cook Time: 2 hrs 30 mins
- Method: Dinner
- Cuisine: French
Nutrition
- Calories: 530
- Sugar: 5g
- Fat: 28g
- Carbohydrates: 10g
- Protein: 51g