Beef Burgundy Recipe
Ingredients
| 4 slices bacon, cut in 1/2-inch pieces | ||
| 2 pounds lean beef chuck, shank or round, cut in 1-inch cubes | ||
| Carrots | 6 Small | |
| Parsnip | 1 | |
| 1 medium-size onion, chopped (1/2 cup) | ||
| Tomato juice | 1 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| 1 cup red Burgundy wine | ||
| Salt | 1 Teaspoon | |
| Peppercorns | 8 | |
| Whole Cloves | 4 | |
| Bay Leaf | 1 | |
| 1 beef-bouillon cube | ||
| White onions | 12 Small, peeled | |
| Frozen peas | 1 Cup (16 tbs) | |
Directions
1 Saute bacon until crisp in a large frying pan; remove and set aside for Step 7.
Brown beef cubes, a few at a time, in the bacon drippings, then place in an 8-cup baking dish.
2 Pare carrots and parsnip.
Dice 1 carrot and the thin end of parsnip; saute with onion, stirring often, until golden, in same frying pan(Set remaining carrots and parsnip aside for Step 5.)
3 Stir in tomato juice, wine, salt, peppercorns, cloves, bay leaf and bouillon cube; heat to boil-ing, crushing bouillon cube with a spoon until it dissolves.
Pour over meat in baking dish; cover.
4 Bake in slow oven (325°) 1 hour.
5 While stew bakes, cut remaining carrots and parsnip into 2-inch-long sticks; add with white onions to stew; cover again.
6 Bake 45 minutes longer, or just until meat and vegetables are tender.
Stir in peas; cover and cook 15 minutes longer.
7 Let stew stand 5 to 10 minutes until any fat rises to top, then skim off.
Garnish stew with bacon.
Brown beef cubes, a few at a time, in the bacon drippings, then place in an 8-cup baking dish.
2 Pare carrots and parsnip.
Dice 1 carrot and the thin end of parsnip; saute with onion, stirring often, until golden, in same frying pan(Set remaining carrots and parsnip aside for Step 5.)
3 Stir in tomato juice, wine, salt, peppercorns, cloves, bay leaf and bouillon cube; heat to boil-ing, crushing bouillon cube with a spoon until it dissolves.
Pour over meat in baking dish; cover.
4 Bake in slow oven (325°) 1 hour.
5 While stew bakes, cut remaining carrots and parsnip into 2-inch-long sticks; add with white onions to stew; cover again.
6 Bake 45 minutes longer, or just until meat and vegetables are tender.
Stir in peas; cover and cook 15 minutes longer.
7 Let stew stand 5 to 10 minutes until any fat rises to top, then skim off.
Garnish stew with bacon.
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