Boeuf a la Bourguignon with Heartshaped Croutons

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Total: 11 hr 40 min
Prep: 8 hr 10 min
Cook: 3 hr 30 min
Yield: 6 servings

Ingredients

  1. 3 cups dry red wine
  2. 2 cups beef stock or canned broth
  3. 1/4 cup Marc de Bourgogne or good-quality brandy
  4. 1 large onion, chopped
  5. 2 small carrots, chopped
  6. 4 garlic cloves, sliced
  7. 1 teaspoon dried thyme
  8. 1 teaspoon dried rosemary
  9. 10 peppercorns
  10. 12 parsley stems
  11. 4 whole cloves
  12. 4 allspice berries
  13. 1 bay leaf
  14. 3 pounds beef chuck, cut into 2 inch pieces
  15. Salt and pepper
  16. 1/4 pound slab bacon (rind removed and reserved) sliced lengthwise 1/4 inch thick, crosswise into pieces 1/2inch wide
  17. 2 tablespoons butter
  18. 1 tablespoon oil
  19. 1 tablespoon tomato paste
  20. 1 pound pearl onions
  21. 4 tablespoon butter
  22. Pinch of sugar
  23. 1 pound button mushrooms
  24. Beurre Manie (equal parts flour and softened butter, mixed together, about 1 tablespoon each)
  25. 6 slices firm white bread, crusts removed, cut into heart shapes
  26. 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
  27. 1/4 cup minced fresh parsley

Instructions

  1. In a large bowl combine marinade ingredients and beef. Chill, covered, overnight. Drain beef, reserving marinade and vegetables separately; pat beef dry and season with salt and pepper.
  2. Preheat oven to 275/F. Cover bacon and rind with cold water, bring to a boil and simmer 3 minutes. Drain. In a large casserole set over moderate heat cook bacon lardons in butter and oil, stirring often, until golden. With a slotted spoon transfer lardons to paper towels to drain.
  3. In casserole over moderately high heat brown beef in bacon fat, in batches. Pour off all but 1 tablespoon of fat from casserole. Add reserved vegetable mixture and cook, stirring, for 5 minutes. Add reserved marinade liquid, tomato paste, reserved bacon rind and salt and pepper, bring liquid to a boil and cook in oven, covered, 3 hours. Skim fat from stew and drain meat and vegetables, reserving cooking liquid. Return liquid and meat to casserole.
  4. Meanwhile make vegetable garnish: In a skillet cover onions with water, add 1 tablespoon of butter, sugar and salt and pepper to taste. Simmer onions until almost tender. Raise heat to high and reduce cooking liquid to 2 tablespoons. Continue to cook onions, shaking pan over heat, until golden brown and glazed. In a skillet set over moderately high heat, melt remaining butter and add mushrooms and salt and pepper to taste. Cook mushrooms, tossing often, for 7 minutes, or until firm. Add the onions and mushrooms to the casserole. Bring liquid in casserole to a simmer and add enough Beurre Manie, bit by bit, stirring constantly, to lightly thicken sauce.
  5. Make croutons: Brush both sides of bread with melted butter, arrange on a baking sheet and bake in a 400 F. oven until golden brown. Dip edges of bread in Bourguignon sauce and then in parsley.
  6. To serve: spoon meat and vegetables into shallow serving dishes and garnish with croutons.

 

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