Boeuf Bourguignon — Everyday Gourmet

Ingredients

• 750ml red wine (such as Burgundy or any other pinot noir)
• 1.5kg chuck steak, cut into 6 cm pieces
• 1 tbsp plain flour
• 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
• 60g butter
• 1 onion, quartered
• 1 large carrot, cut into 6 pieces
• 1 x 10 cm piece of celery, cut into 6 pieces
• 4 garlic cloves, bruised
• 2 tbsp cognac or brandy
• 1 tbsp tomato paste
• 1 bouquet garni (2 bay leaves, thyme sprigs, parsley tied together with kitchen string)
• 2 cups of beef stock
• 8 baby pickling onions, peeled and blanched in boiling water
• 150g speck or pancetta, cut into lardons
• 300g button mushrooms, halved
• Salt and pepper