Simply put, this is a beef stew with bacon, mushrooms and red wine. I just love the French name!
I like to use Gravy Beef for my stews. It has a lot of 'gristle' which, with long slow cooking, melts down and provides a delicious flavour. I cook this in my Le Creuset oval casserole as it browns the meat beautifully and is equally happy on either the stove top or in a slow oven.
Megan's Boeuf Bourguignon
2 Tbsp oil
1 kg Gravy Beef
200ml beef stock (2 tsp beef stock powder in water)
200ml red wine
2 Tbsp oil, extra
2 onions, diced
375g sliced baby mushrooms
3 slices Parma ham, pancetta or short cut bacon
1 x 440g can diced tomatoes
1 tsp black pepper
5 or 6 sprigs of fresh thyme, leaves only or 2 tsp dried thyme
To thicken:
3 Tbsp plain flour
2 Tbsp oil
Brown diced beef in batches in hot oil. Deglaze the pan with stock and wine. Reserve, and then clean pan.
Add extra oil and sauté onions, mushrooms and ham or bacon. Add the remaining ingredients and cook on low in the oven or on the stove for around 2 1/2 hours or until beef is tender.
Mix oil and flour and stir in around 1/2 cup of the liquid from the pan. Add this mixture back into the beef and stir in well. Allow to cook for another 10 minutes or so on top of stove, stirring regularly.
Serve with baby peas and whole boiled new potatoes with sour cream.
Left overs make a great pie filling.
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Monday, October 3, 2011
Sunday, February 20, 2011
The Challenge - Sunday Week 1
Still in Albany this morning, so a delicious breakfast at THE place to have breaky in Albany, Dylans on the Terrace.
We both enjoyed the Breakfast Stack - mushrooms & onion, spinach, bacon and a poached egg all on toast served with a grilled tomato. DH had his with a sausage. Only criticism is that neither of us liked the onion with this, even DH who loves onion with anything.
On the way home from Albany we called in to IGA and bought some fresh fruit and vegies, soy milk and some EasiYo Greek yoghurt mix. Ooh, and I did cheat, because I bought some bacon. There's only a little bit left in the fridge and I can't live without bacon.
Cost: $59.29, so Total Spend now $75.09.
Lunch was a sandwich of tomato from the garden, avocado and dijonnaise on home made bread.
Since I still had the roast vegies from Friday night and the turkey wings, tea is re heated vegies (steamed in the Varoma), gravy already made Friday night and some broccoli purchased today. Since the turkey wings were tough, I decided to cook them further. Made a miripoix of carrot and onion, diced really finely thanks to my birthday present - a gorgeous Global Cook's Knife. Saute in olive oil and add deglaze white wine. add a little water. Place turkey wings in liquid and cook on very low for an hour. I used my Le Creuset casserole for this.
Remove legs from pan and place in Thermoserver. Add liquid to Thermomix bowl. Blend on speed 5 for a few seconds. Add the gravy to the liquid and thicken with a little cornflour if necessary. Cook on 100, speed 2 for 5 minutes or so until boiling and any added cornflour is cooked. Remove and pour over wings. This should keep warm while vegies are steaming. I put the beans, which were already cooked, in a small dish in the base of the Varoma and roasted cooked vegies in the top part of the steamer. No need to wash bowl, just add 500 ml hot water. Have broccoli ready in basket to add to the bowl in the last 5 to 6 minutes of steaming.
No dessert, we don't need it after last night!
Delicious! Very frugal and no little bits of left overs sitting in the fridge.
Total Spend still stands at $75.09
We both enjoyed the Breakfast Stack - mushrooms & onion, spinach, bacon and a poached egg all on toast served with a grilled tomato. DH had his with a sausage. Only criticism is that neither of us liked the onion with this, even DH who loves onion with anything.
On the way home from Albany we called in to IGA and bought some fresh fruit and vegies, soy milk and some EasiYo Greek yoghurt mix. Ooh, and I did cheat, because I bought some bacon. There's only a little bit left in the fridge and I can't live without bacon.
Cost: $59.29, so Total Spend now $75.09.
Lunch was a sandwich of tomato from the garden, avocado and dijonnaise on home made bread.
Since I still had the roast vegies from Friday night and the turkey wings, tea is re heated vegies (steamed in the Varoma), gravy already made Friday night and some broccoli purchased today. Since the turkey wings were tough, I decided to cook them further. Made a miripoix of carrot and onion, diced really finely thanks to my birthday present - a gorgeous Global Cook's Knife. Saute in olive oil and add deglaze white wine. add a little water. Place turkey wings in liquid and cook on very low for an hour. I used my Le Creuset casserole for this.
Remove legs from pan and place in Thermoserver. Add liquid to Thermomix bowl. Blend on speed 5 for a few seconds. Add the gravy to the liquid and thicken with a little cornflour if necessary. Cook on 100, speed 2 for 5 minutes or so until boiling and any added cornflour is cooked. Remove and pour over wings. This should keep warm while vegies are steaming. I put the beans, which were already cooked, in a small dish in the base of the Varoma and roasted cooked vegies in the top part of the steamer. No need to wash bowl, just add 500 ml hot water. Have broccoli ready in basket to add to the bowl in the last 5 to 6 minutes of steaming.
No dessert, we don't need it after last night!
Delicious! Very frugal and no little bits of left overs sitting in the fridge.
Total Spend still stands at $75.09
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Favourite Cookware
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| Le Creuset |
I'm a fan of really good quality bake ware and cookware. I use my Thermomix a lot, but when cooking larger quantities or things that the Thermomix isn't suitable for, I love my Le Crueset cookware. I only have two items that I purchased online and I use these over and over again.
I love the fact that I can brown meat in the pans and get a really dark caramelisation. The dishes will go on the stove top or in the oven and can cook like a slow cooker. They wash up like a dream, absolutely spotless!
Le Creuset cook ware is an investment, it isn't cheap. It's sometimes available at a special price, but usually only limited colours. I really don't care about colour. I bought the red ones as only blue and red were available.
They're also very heavy, being enamelled cast iron, so not suitable for people who have arthritis or other conditions which would affect their ability to heft a full casserole from the oven.
I used to be a fan of Scanpan, but now only use their baking dishes. I bought the Scanpan frying pan and wok when they first came to Australia and was disappointed as they certainly were not 'non-stick'. The baking dishes, however, are exceptional. Definitely non stick and easy to clean.
You certainly don't need great quality cookware to be a good cook, but it does help. My eldest sister is an exceptional cook and has always had cheap saucepans and kitchenware. I honestly don't know how she's managed to produce the sort of food she has with only the most basic of equipment. It can be done, but I'd rather not have to.
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