beef & wine… more wine!

Print Friendly, PDF & Email

Dieser Beitrag enthält Werbung – advertising.

 

I read about Boeuf Bourguignon in Julia Child’s cooking bible (in my cookbooks) & started thinking how to do it.

Wait… it’s suddenly summer outside – does it fit?

 

 

Instead of a dutch oven I decided to do it in my slow cooker meaning that I prepare the ingredients, put everything in my slow cooker & start the „high temp program“. Afterwards the slow cooker will sit in a corner on my kitchen counter daydreaming… no need for any stirring every 30 min, adding this or that after an hour or 2 or so: you are free to do whatever is fine on a summer day.

Gradually a yummy flavour spreads all over the place… Finally you get a pot filled w/ tender meat, soft vegetables & lots of delicious liquid!

When there is a lush summer evening & you find yourself & your better half sitting on your deck a bowl of “beef in wine“ accompanied by fresh crunchy baguette may be the perfect dinner solution.

So: what do we need?

 

 

Basically, it’s:

  • beef (lean beef for roasting/stewing)
  • a big onion
  • some bacon
  • some carrots
  • some mushrooms

and for the flavour:

  • thyme (dried is fine!)
  • bay leaves
  • ground sweet paprika
  • tomato purée (w/ some sugar)
  • fresh garlic

and then – of course:

  • beef fond
  • red wine.

 

 

We start w/ chopping the vegetables & the bacon. Also the beef will end up in nice pieces.

We fry both one after the other in the same pan – each for about 5 min until nicely brown.

 

 

Then we load the slow cooker:

  • w/ the fried onion& bacon
  • w/ the vegetables
  • w/ fried beef.

 

 

We mix the tomato purée w/ the herbs & spices.

 

 

…into the slow cooker it goes!

After adding beef fond & red wine we are ready to start the slow cooker.

 

 

It’s a slow cooker session at high temperature for about 5 h (minimum!).

After about 2 h a delicious tantalizing flavour will fill your kitchen & your rooms…

The beef will get very, very tender. The wine is all over the dish & cannot be ignored.

 

 

Just fill the stew in a deep plate & start enjoying w/ some fresh baguette!

 

beef & wine… more wine!
Approaching „Boeuf Bourguignon“ (aka beef in red wine stewed for hours) in a slow cooked version!
Prep Time30 minutes
Cook Time5 hours
ingredients:
  • about 750 g lean beef for roasting/stewing
  • 1 onion
  • 150 g bacon
  • 1-2 cloves of garlic - OPTIONAL
  • some oil for frying
  • 2 carrots
  • 100 g mushrooms
  • 2 cans tomato purée 140 g
  • 1-2 tsp sugar
  • 400 ml beef fond
  • 400 ml red wine
  • 2-3 bay leaves
  • 1 tsp dried thyme
  • 1 tsp ground sweet paprika
  • salt & pepper
equipment:
  • a slow cooker
how to:
  • Chop the onion & the bacon; start frying for about 5 min.
  • Optional: Add pressed garlic.
  • Add salt & pepper to taste.
  • Transfer everything in the slow cooker.
  • Cut the beef into pieces of about 3-4 cm & fry until slightly brown allover (in the same pan w/o cleaning).
  • Chop the carrots & the mushrooms & put into the slow cooker.
  • Add fried beef to the slow cooker.
  • Mix tomato purée w/ thyme & sweet paprika & sugar & pour into the slow cooker.
  • Pour the beef fond & the red wine in the slow cooker.
  • Add bay leaves.
  • Start the slow cooker on high temperature for at least 5 hours.
  • Discard bay leaves.
  • Add salt & pepper to taste.
  • Serve w/ roast potatoes, pasta, rice or just fresh baguette.
Notes
There will be a lot of delicious liquid - you may add some starch to thicken it if you like.
You may store the beef in your fridge for about 3-4 days.
You may freeze it; reheat in the microwave.

 

(information on equipment)

 

 

Of course you may also enjoy the beef w/ potatoes, roast potatoes, mashed potatoes, more vegetables, pasta, rice… or whatever you like!

…& there’s a lot of flavorful liquid: just add some starch to thicken it – if you prefer it this way!

 

The businesswoman w/ too many office hours thinks

At the moment I’d prefer the „boeuf“ to go on its own w/ some fresh baguette. That’s easy & a light dinner.

The slow cooker session is fine w/ me: it’s a carefree solution!

 

 

Spread the word. Share this post!

keep it simple & be flexible. always.