Beef Bourguignon with Cranberries
Beef Bourguignon with Cranberries
This incredibly tasty and hearty French dish is surprisingly easy to make. Cooking it will make you feel accomplished and it will make your entire house smell delicious. It’s best to pour it over some Mashed Potatoes.
Feel free to add sliced Mushrooms if you desire.
~2 Lbs Beef cut into 1/2 inch cubes
Salt & Pepper
6 Slices Bacon
1/4 Cup Olive Oil
4 Tbs Butter
2 Large (3 Small) Onions thinly sliced
3 Tbs Flour
6 Carrots cut into 1/2 inch pieces
2 Cloves Garlic diced
4 Tbs Butter
1/2 Cup Brandy
1 Bottle Red Wine (Merlot)
2 Cups Beef Bouillon
1 Tbs Tomato Paste
1 Tbs Fresh Thyme
2 Bay Leaves
1 Cup Fresh Cranberries
After cubing the Beef, season them with Salt & Pepper.
Pour the Olive Oil into a large and deep cast iron that has a lid. Once hot, cook the Bacon in the Oil before setting the Bacon aside.
Now brown the Beef cubes in batches in the Oil and Bacon Grease and set them aside. I put them in a big bowl and then cut the cooled Bacon and drop them in the big bowl as well.
Drop the 4 Tbs of Butter into the Oil and Bacon Grease. Once melted, add the sliced Onions and cook them for about 10 minutes.
Now add the Flour and stir well to get as many Onions floured up as possible.
Drop the remaining 4 Tbs of Butter in with the Onions and stir before adding the Carrots and Garlic.
Let all that cook for a few minutes while stirring before adding the entire Bottle of Red Wine.
Raise the heat to high and add the Beef Bouillon or Broth, the Tomato Paste, Thyme, and Bay Leaves.
Bring all this to a simmer before adding the Beef and Bacon bowl. Do a lot of good stirring and drop the heat to very low.
Before putting the lid on, add a cup of Cranberries. Fresh is best but I’ve used dried Cranberries as well.
Now you wait two hours. But also be proactive. I’ll open every half hour and stir and grab a Beef cube and see if they’re nice and tender. Two hours on very low is pretty good though.
Once finished, you can add more Cranberries if you’d like. Then get you a ladle and pour some of this delicious stew over some Mashed Potatoes. Bon appetite!
