Christmas Beef Bourguignon Recipe
Servings: 1
Ingredients
- (sung to the Christmas Carol)
- 12 x stems of parsley
- 11 x black peppercorns
- 10 x onions, quartered
- 9 x carrots, chunky
- 8 c. of red wine
- 7 c. of beef stock
- 6 x cloves of garlic
- 5 tsp rosemary and thyme
- 4 x allspice berries ( & /or possibly whole cloves...not part of song)
- 3 x bay leaves
- 2 ounce brandy eye of round, about 6 lbs
Directions
- De-fat meat, cut in chunks, marinate overnight. Drain, strain 2 strips bacon, minced, fry crisp, remove 1 lb little mushrooms, brown, remove pearl onions, caramelize, remove. Dust chunks of meat w flour, brown and remove. add in 2 Tablespoons tomato paste, cook to brown Add in back in the carrots, onions marinade and boil
- Cook 4 hr 275 deg oven Strain, thicken juices. Add in everything back in, serve with mashed potatoes The only fat is in the meat and bacon. So fat content depends on the size of your Christmas serving (and we all know we eat a little extra at Christmas)
- Note: you can use chuck, instead of round, but the fat content soars.
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