Delicious Beef bourguignon; You Can make This!
Dear Friend,
After you make this, take a bite, close your eyes, you’re in France…
Jacques Pepin had me at, “Use an entire bottle of red wine,” and Julia Child taught me to sweat my onions.
If they had a child together, this is how I think they’d make their stew.
Perfect for a romantic dinner for two by candlelight, or holiday party for 30 as my brother and I did here, 3-5 hours in a low oven will create an unctuous, rich and lush melt in your mouth umami bomb.
I typically make this in a 5 quart Le Creuset dutch oven.
Ingredients
2 pounds marbled chuck, cubed
1 super large yellow onion, diced
3 vibrant carrots, diced
3 stiff celery stalks, diced
6 fat cloves of garlic, minced
Handful bacon, diced, double smoked is nice
3 bay leaves
Several twigs of thyme
1 bottle good red wine, not that cooking wine swill
Extra virgin olive oil
Kosher sea salt, lots
Cracked pepper
Directions
Preheat oven 300℉.
Snow salt your beef well. Brown on high in olive oil, remove.
Sweat all vegetables for full ten minutes over low-medium heat to release water. Scrape up those juicy bits of stuck steak.
Drop beef back in, pour in red wine (add beef broth if beef not submerged) and bring to boil to cook off alcohol- 5 minutes.
Add thyme, bay leaves, salt and pepper, cover, and slide into oven.
Cook for at least 3, but ideally 5 hours for melt in your mouth goodness. Serve over thick sliced, pan sauteed vegetable mirepoix or smashed potatoes, or orzo, or risotto, or whatever you love scooping up with rich sauce.
Bon Appétit!
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All My Best in 2025,
Peter
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