Рецепт French-style beef stew with onions, mushrooms and peas
French-style beef stew with onions, mushrooms and peas
From the pantry, you'll need: all-purpose unbleached flour, extra virgin olive oil, garlic, tomato paste, red wine, dried thyme leaf, bacon, red wine vinegar.
Serves 6-8; can be doubled.
Ingredients
- 3 slices center-cut bacon
- 2 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1/2 cup all-purpose unbleached flour
- 1-1/2 lbs stew beef, cut into 2-inch chunks (I like chuck roast for this)
- 1 Tbsp minced garlic
- 2 leeks, trimmed, washed, and chopped
- 3 oz tomato paste
- 2 tsp thyme leaf
- 1 bottle red wine (approximately 4 cups)
- Kosher salt and fresh black pepper
- 2 Tbsp red wine vinegar
- 1-1/2 lbs baby red-skinned potatoes, cut in quarters
- 8 oz whole mushrooms (cremini, baby bella or white), stems trimmed, quartered
- 8 oz frozen pearl onions
- 1 cup frozen peas
Directions
In a heavy stock pot or Dutch oven, cook the bacon over medium heat for 3-4 minutes, until it's lightly browned but not crisp. Remove the strips of bacon and set aside.
To the bacon fat in the pot, add the olive oil.
Place the flour in a mixing bowl. Dry off the pieces of meat, and dredge lightly in flour. Brown the meat in the pot, in batches if necessary to avoid overcrowding. Make sure the meat is browned on all sides.
Add to the browned meat the garlic and leeks. Stir, and let cook for 2 minutes, until the leeks are slightly softened. Then, add the tomato paste. Stir it into the vegetables and meat. Add the thyme and the wine. Roughly chop the bacon, and return it to the pot.
Bring the mixture to the boil, then reduce heat to simmer, cover, and cook for 2 hours.
Taste the liquid, and add salt and pepper as needed (you will need both).
Now, add the red wine vinegar, potatoes, mushrooms and onions. Cover, and cook for 45 minutes, or until the potatoes are tender when pierced with a knife.
Stir in the peas, and cook for just a minute or two until the peas are warm. Season again with salt and pepper.
Serve hot. Or, let cool completely, and refrigerate or freeze in airtight containers.