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Slow Cooked Beef Bourguignon.

Prep Time 20 mins
Cook Time 7 hrs
Total Time 7 hrs 20 mins
Difficulty: Beginner
Servings: 4
Description

What is the difference between a beef stew and a beef bourguignon? Wine. All the wine and no stock (although we do add a beef oxo cube for a deeper beefiness). When I say "all" wine... you can save a little to have with the meal, or you could just open another bottle!

What do I need?
  • 2 tbsp Sunflower Oil
  • 600 g Shin Of Beef (Ask the butcher to dice into large chunks)
  • 100 g Smoked Lardons
  • 3 Carrots
  • 350 g Shallots (Or pearl onions - Peeled)
  • 250 g Chestnut mushrooms (approx. 20)
  • 2 clove Garlic (Finely sliced)
  • 2 tbsp Tomato Puree
  • 2 Bay Leaves
  • Thyme Spriggs
  • 750 ml Full Bodied Red Wine
  • 2 tbsp Plain Flour
  • 1 tbsp Caster Sugar
  • 2-4 stick Celery (Diced)
  • 1 Beef stock cube
Instructions
  1. 1
    Preperation
    • Brown the beef shin in a hot frying pan with a little oil, season well and then add to your slow cooker.
    • Pop the celery and carrots into the pan and brown, dash some chopped garlic in for the last 30 seconds and then squeeze in tomato puree, 2 tbsp of plain flour, a tbsp of caster sugar, the beef stock cube and a little red wine to create a paste.
    • Cook off the flour for a few minutes - stirring constantly - and then pour the bottle of red wine into the pan (save some back if you wish).
    • Deglaze for a few minutes and scape it all into your slow cooker (if using the oven pop into a casserole dish and pop into a hot oven – 160c fan for around 3 hours)
    • Drop in the peeled shallots or pearl onions, bay leaves and some fluffy fresh thyme sprigs.
    • Set your slow cooker on high and cook for 7ish hours or until the beef is tender but keeps it's shape.
    • 30 minutes before the beef is done: fry off some mushrooms and bacon lardons in a bit of butter and add them to the slow cooker.

    Enjoy with creamy horseradish mash or crusty bread.

Note

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Keywords: Beef shin, Beef, Bourguignon, Beef Bourguignon, Slow Cooker recipes, Slow Cooker, Slow Cook, Beef recipes
Read it online: https://www.meonvalleybutchers.co.uk/recipe/slow-cooked-beef-bourguignon/