ingredients:
1 kilogram of beef cut into cubes
150 grams of bacon, cut into cubes
500 ml beef broth
6 small onions, peeled
3 carrots, cut into slices
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 bunch garlic (thyme, bay leaves and parsley tied together)
2 tablespoons tomato paste
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
250 grams of mushrooms cut into quarters
Salt and pepper to taste
Fresh parsley, chopped, for garnish
direction:
In a large pot, heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil over medium heat. Add bacon and cook until crispy. Remove the bacon and set aside.
In the same pot, add the beef cubes in batches, and brown on all sides. Remove and set aside.
Add the remaining olive oil, onions, and carrots to the pot. Cook for about 5 minutes, or until the onions begin to brown.
Add the garlic and cook for another minute.
Return the beef and bacon to the pot. Sprinkle with flour and stir until the meat is evenly coated.
Add the beef broth, a handful of garlic, tomato paste, salt, and pepper. Stir well.
Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer for 2 to 3 hours or until beef is tender.
In the last 30 minutes of cooking, add the mushrooms.
Adjust the seasoning, garnish with fresh parsley, then serve.
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Classic French beef stew
Ingredients
- 1 kilogram of beef cut into cubes
- 150 grams of bacon cut into cubes
- 500 ml beef broth
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 6 small onions peeled
- 3 carrots cut into slices
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 1 bunch garlic thyme, bay leaves and parsley tied together
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 250 grams of mushrooms cut into quarters
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Fresh parsley chopped, for garnish
Instructions
- In a large pot, heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil over medium heat. Add bacon and cook until crispy. Remove the bacon and set aside.
- In the same pot, add the beef cubes in batches, and brown on all sides. Remove and set aside.
- Add the remaining olive oil, onions, and carrots to the pot. Cook for about 5 minutes, or until the onions begin to brown.
- Add the garlic and cook for another minute.
- Return the beef and bacon to the pot. Sprinkle with flour and stir until the meat is evenly coated.
- Add the beef broth, a handful of garlic, tomato paste, salt, and pepper. Stir well.
- Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer for 2 to 3 hours or until beef is tender.
- In the last 30 minutes of cooking, add the mushrooms.
- Adjust the seasoning, garnish with fresh parsley, then serve.
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