Name: Boeuf Bourguignonne
Yield: Serves 6-8
Cuisine: Australian
Ingredients: 155 mL (5 fl oz) Cognac; freshly ground black pepper; 1 bay leaf; 4 cups (1 litre/1¾ imp. pints) good pinot noir (Mountadam); ⅘ cup (200 mL/6½ fl oz) white wine; 2 kg (4 lbs) blade steak, cut into 4 cm (1½ in.) cubes; 2-3 thyme sprigs; 1 carrot, diced small; 10 garlic cloves, crushed; salt and freshly ground black pepper; 200 g (6½ oz) smoked belly pork (speck), cut into 1 cm x 2 cm (⅓ in. x ¾ in.) pieces; 3 onions, diced; 24 baby carrots; 24 baby (pearl) onions; ½ cup (125 g/4 oz) clarified butter; 2 tablespoons virgin olive oil; 12 peppercorns; 3 bay leaves; 2 tablespoons tomato paste (purée); 2 tablespoons plain (all-purpose) flour; 2 tablespoons butter; 4 thyme sprigs; 1 head garlic, halved; 24 very fresh new potatoes; ½ cup chopped fresh parsley; 1 large carrot, sliced; 1 stick celery, sliced; 500 g (1 lb) mushrooms, stems trimmed; 2 onions, halved

Preparation info

Serves
6-8

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Fine Family Cooking

By Tony Bilson

Published 1994

About

The great wine stew. Please use good wine for the sauce; it makes all the difference.

Ingredients

2 kg (4 lbs) blade steak, cut into 4 cm (1½ in.) cubes

Method

To marinate the meat

Mix all the marinade ingredients with the meat in a large bowl. Cover with plastic wrap (cling film) and refrigerate. Marinate for 2-5 days. Strain the marinade, retaining the liquid and the meat.