A delicious Beef Bourguignon made easy in your Thermomix. Serve with lots of freshly steamed vegetables and nice crusty bread (possibly smothered in butter)
chopping board and knife for meat (unless you already have it cubed)
Ingredients
120gshallots
130gonion
3carrotssliced (I have to ask you to do this by hand, sorry!)
40gbutter
10golive oil
450gcubed beefI cut mine so that the cubes would be bite sized
60gplain flour
200gred wine
200gbeef stock OR 200 g hot water + a beef stock cube
Salt and pepper
Approx. 5 mushroomssliced
Instructions
Chop onion and shallots: 5 seconds, speed 5.
Add the carrots, butter and olive oil: 100º, 5 minutes, speed 1.
Add the cubed beef and the plain flour: 100º, 10 minutes, speed 1.
Add the wine, the stock (or the hot water and stock cube): 100º, 50 minutes, reverse, spoon speed.
Fifteen minutes into it (i.e. when there are 35 minutes left on the screen), lift the measuring cup and add the mushrooms.
When it finishes, check the meat, it should be melt in the mouth soft but mine was still hard so I programmed 100º, 30 minutes, reverse, spoon speed. It was just perfect.
Notes
Tip: Serve with lovely crusty bread and a glass of red wine, enjoy with friends and good conversation. Take it from me, invite your friends now, don’t delay!Hint: You could, of course,x also serve it with potatoes, rice, pasta, a mixed salad. I like it on its own with good bread.