Beef Burgundy – Reimagined
Boeuf Bourgignon is an amazing pleasure. Reworking the recipe to make it more delicious – and in some ways, simpler – yielded delicious results.
Boeuf Bourguignon - Reimagined
2015-12-04 13:48:34
When America's Test Kitchen came out with their Modern Beef Burgundy, I was intrigued. Turns out their improvements were HUGE: bigger, bolder flavors and great textures. I took it a bit further with more vegetables and umami flavor, and I'm delighted with our results. You can use nearly any mushrooms, like the wild assortment above; creminis lend the most uniform size and texture for the most seamless result.
Ingredients
- 1 boneless beef chuck eye roast (4lbs approx); trimmed and cut into 1 1/2 inch pieces, scraps reserved
- salt and pepper
- 6 ounces salt pork; cut into 1/4 inch pieces
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 pound cremini mushrooms; trimmed, halved if medium or quartered if large
- 1 1/2 cups frozen pearl onions; thawed
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 4 cups beef broth
- 1 750 ml bootle red burgundy or pinot noir
- 5 teaspoons unflavored gelatin
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste
- 1 teaspoon anchovy paste
- 2 onions; chopped coarse
- 2 carrots; peeled and cut into 2 inch lengths
- 1 garlic head; clove separated, unpeeled, and crushed
- 2 bay leaves
- 1/2 teaspoon black peppercorns
- 1/2 ounce dried porcini mushrooms; rinsed
- 10 sprigs fresh parsley; plus 3 tablespoons minced
- 6 sprigs fresh thyme
Instructions
- Toss beef and 1 1/2 teaspoons salt together in bowl and let stand at room temperature for 30 minutes.
- Adjust oven racks to lower middle and lowest positions and heat oven to 500 degrees. Place salt pork, beef scraps, and 2 tablespoons butter in large roasting pan. Roast on lower middle rack until well browned and fat has rendered 15 to 20 minutes.
- While salt pork and beef scraps roast, toss cremini mushrooms. pearls onions, remaining 1 tablespoon butter, and sugar together on rimmed baking sheet. Roast on lowest rack, stirring occasionally, until moisture released by mushrooms evaporates and vegetables to large bowl, cover, and refrigerate.
- Remove roasting pan from oven and reduce temperature to 325 degrees. Sprinkle flour oven rendered fat and whisk until on dry flour remains. Whisk in broth, 2 cups wine, gelatin, tomato paste, and anchovy paste until combined. Add onions, carrots, garlic, bay leaves, peppercorns, porcini mushrooms, parsley sprigs, and thyme to pan. Arrange beef in single layer on top of vegetables. Add water as needed to come three-quarters up side of beef (beef should not be submerged). return roasting pan to oven and cook until meat is tender, 3 to 3 1/2 hours, stirring after 90 minutes and adding water to keep meat at least half submerged.
- Using slotted spoon, transfer beef to bowl with cremini mushrooms and pearl onions; cover and set aside. Strain braising liquid through fine-mesh strainer set over bowl, pressing on solids to extract as much liquid as possible; discard solids. Stir in remaining wine and let cooking liquid settle, 10 minutes. Using wide shallow spoon, skim fat off surface and discard.
- Transfer liquid to dutch oven and bring mixture to boil over medium high heat. Simmer briskly, stirring occasionally, until sauce is thickened to consistency of heavy cream, 15 to 20 minutes. Reduce heat to medium low, stir in beef and mushroom, onion garnish, cover and cook until just heated through 5 to 8 minutes. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Stir in minced parsley and serve ( stew can be made up to 3 days in advance.)
Notes
- Two finely chopped/macerated anchovy fillets can be used in place of the paste. Pearl onions aren't a requirement, but in our opinion, they make the dish.
Adapted from America's Test Kitchen
Adapted from America's Test Kitchen
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