Boeuf bourguignon with pancetta and shallots - Irish Beef

Ingredients

• 25 g butter
• 2 tbsp sunflower oil
• 350 g shallots, peeled
• 100 g pancetta or rindless streaky bacon
• 675 g Irish chuck steak, cut into bite-sized pieces
• 50 g seasoned flour
• 1 bottle Burgundy red wine
• 150 ml beef stock
• 2 carrots, chopped
• 2 celery sticks, chopped
• 2 bay leaves
• 2 tsp fresh thyme leaves
• 225 g small chestnut mushrooms, trimmed
• 2 tbsp brandy
• sea salt and freshly-ground black pepper
• crusty bread
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