Beef Bourguignon

Beef Bourguignon recipe

Ingredients:

4 to 5 slices of bacon
1 pound of nice quality beef, cubed
1/2 a pound of pearl onions
2 medium carrots,sliced
12 ounces of mushrooms, quartered
3/4 tsp of marjoram
3/4 tsp of thyme
4 tbs of parsley
4 cloves garlic, minced
1 bay leaf
3/4 cup of red wine
1 cup of GF beef broth
2 tbs of tomato paste/puree
1/4 cup of GF plain flour (Doves Farm)


Method:

1. Season a nice quality, cubed beef with salt and pepper

2. Add the seasoned beef to a medium glass bowl and add pearl onions, carrots, marjoram, thyme, parsley, garlic, bay leaf, red wine then stir and cover. Let this marinate for at least an hour in the refrigerator.

3. In a skillet cook, 4 to 5 slices of bacon and cut the bacon into pieces.

4. To the slow cooker add the meat mixture the bacon pieces, thyme, marjoram, mushrooms, red wine and beef broth.

5. Next add tomato paste.

6. Season with salt and pepper.

7. Stir everything together and then cover.

8. This stew can cook for between 4 and 8 hours depending on your schedule.

9. Towards the end of the cooking process Blend flour with beef stock from the pot to make a sluree. Then add it to the stew to thicken the sauce while the cooking finishes.