Hi guys. We will be looking at a very special dish today. It's called BOUEF BOURGUIGNONNE. But that is in french. Alternative names are Beef Burgundy and boeuf à la Bourguignonne.
The dish originates from the Burgundy region (in French, Bourgogne) which is in the east of present-day France.
It is a stew prepared with beef braised in red wine , traditionally red Burgundy, and beef broth, generally flavoured with garlic, onions and a bouquet garni , with pearl onions.
Ingredients:
1. Beef shin, pre soaked in red wine for 12 hours
2. Olive oil
3. Bottle of inexpensive Bordeaux or other suitable red wine
4. onion
5. carrot
6. celery sticks
7. leek
8. cloves of garlic
9. fresh thyme
10. bay leaf
11. seasoning
GARNISH
1. button onion, cooked
2. Bacon lardons, cooked
3. Button mushroom, cooked
4. Parsley, chopped
TO FINISH
1. Mashed potato
2. Washed, picked spinach
3. Green beans, cooked
PREPARATION
1. Preheat Oven to 180c
2. Trim the beef shin of all fat and sinew, and cut into 2:5 cm thick rondelles
3. Heat a little oil in a thick bottomed pan and seal/ brown the shin. Place in a large ovenproof dish
4. Meanwhile, reduce the red wine by half
5. Peel and trim the vegetables as appropriate, then add them to the pan that the beef has just come out of and gently brown the edges. Then place this, along with the garlic and herbs, in the ovenproof dish with the meat.
6. Add the reduced wine to the casserole, then pour in enough stock to cover the meat and vegetables. Bring to the boil, then cook in the oven preheated to 180c for 40 minutes; after that, turn the oven down to 90 - 95c and cook for another 4 hours until tender.
7. Remove from the oven and allow the meat to cool in the liquor. When cold, remove any fat. Reheat gently at the same temperature to serve.
8. Heat the garnish elements separately and sprinkle over each portion. Serve with a mound of mashed potato, wilted spinach and buttered green beans. Finish the whole dish with chopped parsley.
Hope you had fun with the guide? See you next week!
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If one fails to procure potatoes for this due to its unavailability, what else can substitute?
ReplyDeletePlease where can I get all these: celery sticks, leek, cloves of garlic, fresh thyme, bay leaf. Any supermarket or mall within lagos or abuja would so.
ReplyDelete# anonymous....u could do wothout a potato, its just as a finishing...there may not be a real time sub for it....thanks
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