Beef in Burgundy for the New Year

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to make beef in Burgundy for the New Year? Prepare the ingredients. Take beef from the soft parts — the shoulder blade or neck. Choose the smallest champignons, instead of shallots, the usual onion will do. You can take vegetable broth or use boiling water.

2. Step 2:

   

   Cut the bacon into small pieces. Wash the beef and be sure to dry it with a paper towel, otherwise excessive moisture will not allow it to fry — it will stew. Cut the meat into medium pieces.

3. Step 3:

   

   Peel the carrots and onions. Wash and dry the champignons. Cut the carrots into small cubes.

4. Step 4:

   

   Take a suitable saucepan with a thick bottom in which you will cook the dish. Fry the bacon in it for about 4 minutes over medium heat with the addition of olive oil and butter. Remove the bacon from the pan.

5. Step 5:

   

   Next, put the beef in a saucepan and fry it, stirring, on the fat left after the bacon, until golden brown. Transfer the meat to the bacon.

6. Step 6:

   

   Next, fry the vegetables and mushrooms in the same oil. Transfer them to a separate bowl.

8. Step 7:

   

   Return the meat and bacon to the pan, season with salt and pepper, add flour and mix.

9. Step 8:

   

   Pour wine and a little broth into the meat so that the meat is half covered with liquid. Pay special attention to the choice of wine — it will give the dish its flavor. Therefore, do not skimp on it, buy high-quality and delicious wine.

10. Step 9:

    

    Add tomato paste, garlic, crushed with a knife, bay leaf.

11. Step 10:

    

    Put the fried carrots, onions and mushrooms next. Mix it up. Pour in the remaining broth.

12. Step 11:

    

    Add sprigs of thyme, parsley.

13. Step 12:

    

    Bring everything to a boil, cover with a lid and simmer the dish over low heat for 2.5-3 hours. Serve the finished meat to the table with potatoes or rice. Bon appetit!