Wine Merchant's Beef Stew

Ingredients

• 2 pounds grass-finished beef stew meat
• Sea salt and freshly ground pepper
• 1 cup flour (gluten-free if you like)
• 4 strips nitrate-free thick bacon, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
• 4 tablespoons grass-fed butter with a splash of olive oil
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 bottle Côtes du Rhône red wine
• 2 tablespoons fresh thyme
• 2 fresh bay leaves
• 15 small pearl onions, peeled, trimmed and left whole
• 4 large carrots, cut into 2-inch pieces
• 15 small potatoes
• 1 package frozen peas
• Parsley, finely chopped