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Julia’s Boeuf Bourguignon

The one, the only, Boeuf Bourguignon as presented by the legendary Julia Child. Julia’s Boeuf Bourguignon is every bit as challenging and glorious a dish to make, living up to all expectations. Professional chef, food blogger, or home cook for your family, making this recipe at least one in your life is a MUST.

Julias Boeuf Bourguinon

I did it. I finally did it. I made Julia Child’s Boeuf Bourguignon. I feel like I just lost my virginity or got married again or something. This was a major life event for me. And it was glorious.

The process….and it is that. Julia’s dish is actually 3 dishes put together – a beef stew, braised onions, and browned mushrooms.

My 11yo daughter cooked the bacon and browned the meat for me…

Julia’s Boeuf Bourguignon

My 2-inch beef cubes ended up more like rectangles. No matter.

Julia’s Boeuf Bourguignon

Julia’s Boeuf Bourguignon

Julia’s Boeuf Bourguignon

Here’s the stew ready for the oven…

Julia’s Boeuf Bourguignon

Scoring the root ends of the onions will help them get tender as they cook…

Julia’s Boeuf Bourguignon

Julia’s Boeuf Bourguignon

Shrooms…

Julia’s Boeuf Bourguignon

Looking at this photo, I love that I didn’t even clean off the outside of the pot…

Julia’s Boeuf Bourguignon

Julia’s Boeuf Bourguignon

Julias Boeuf Bourguinon

Julia's Boeuf Bourguignon

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Authur: Erica

Ingredients

  • 7 slices bacon cut into lardons (see *Note)
  • 1 T extra virgin olive oil
  • 4 lbs trimmed beef chuck cut into 2-inch cubes
  • kosher salt and fresh cracked pepper
  • 2 c sliced onions
  • 1 c sliced carrots
  • 1 bottle red wine Pinot Noir is a great choice
  • 2 cups beef broth
  • 1 can diced tomatoes drained
  • bouquet garni 1/4 c flat-leaf parsley, 2 whole cloves, 3 smashed garlic cloves, 1 bay leaf, and 1 sprig thyme wrapped in cheesecloth and tied
  • Beurre manié: 3 T flour mixed with 2 T unsalted butter to make a paste
  • 24 pearl onions
  • chicken stock
  • unsalted butter
  • 1 ½ pounds of button or cremini mushrooms quartered
  • 1 recipe prepared Cream Cheese Smashed Potatoes roast potatoes, buttered noodles, or rice for serving

Instructions

  • Heat oven to 325F.
  • In a large skillet with 1 T olive oil, lightly brown the bacon. Remove with a slotted spoon and set aside.
  • Blot the meat with paper towels. Add the meat in batches so as not to overcrowd the pan, and brown in the bacon fat on all sides. Remove meat to a Dutch oven or large covered casserole dish. Season the meat with salt and pepper.
  • Discard the bacon fat leaving ~1-2 T in the skillet. Add the onions and carrots to the skillet and brown lightly. Transfer to the pot with the meat. Deglaze the skillet with the red wine, scraping up the browned bits with a wooden spoon. Add the wine to the pot with the meat. Also add the tomatoes, bacon, and bouquet garni. Add enough beef stock so there's enough liquid to cover the meat. Put in the oven, covered, to simmer 2 hours.
  • Blanch the pearl onions 1 minute. Drain and rinse with cold water to stop the cooking. Cut off the end tips, remove the skins, and score an "x" in the root end. Heat a skillet with 1-2 T butter. Lightly brown the onions. Add enough chicken stock to half submerge the onions. Simmer gently 25 minutes or until tender.
  • When meat is almost done cooking, prepare the mushrooms. Heat 2 T butter in a large skillet. Add the mushrooms and cook until browned. Mine soaked the butter right up and looked a little dry, so I added a ~1T olive oil for them to cook properly. Once browned, remove the mushrooms from the heat and set aside.
  • Remove the Dutch oven from the oven. Using thongs, pick out the meat onto a dish. Strain the remaining liquids and such from the Dutch oven into a large saucepan. Discard the onions, carrot, and bouquet garni. Return the meat to the Dutch oven. Skim off as much fat as possible from the juices in the saucepan. Simmer liquid down to ~2 1/2 c (I didn't do this enough, so my sauce was a little thin). Remove from the heat, whisk in the beurre manié, return to the heat, and simmer 2 minutes. Pour over the meat. Add the pearl onions and mushrooms. Serve over the starch of your choice which is traditionally roast potatoes - I made my Cream Cheese Smashed Potatoes.

Notes

Julia boiled her bacon a couple minutes first to get the smoky flavor out. I didn't.

~✿♥✿~

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