French food would be one of my favourite cuisines, because it’s often deliciously rich but humble. This Beef Bourguignon Thermomix recipe produces tender beef & is the ultimate comfort food recipe.
I have wanted to try my hand at a Beef Bourguignon recipe for quite some time now, but I was hesitant because I hadn’t yet mastered producing tender beef in the Thermomix.
While I am not a big wine drinker, when I cook with wine I like to choose a good quality organic drinking wine to use, as having grown up on a market garden and vineyard, I know what goes onto grapes and into the soil (chemicals, fertilisers and sprays).
Pure Vision is a 100% certified organic wine, made just down the road from the farm I grew up on in Virginia, and where I currently live.
I believe strongly in supporting local businesses, which is why this isn’t a sponsored plug and just a passionate recommendation.
I hope your family love this one.
Love Nik xx
I like to serve this healthy Thermomix recipe with the Rustic Mashed Potato from the Rustic Shepherd’s Pie recipe or the Cauliflower Mash.
Slow Cooker Instructions
- Transfer to the slow cooker after Step 2 and increase the meat if you like.
- Omit the water & only use stock paste (this reduces the liquid).
- Cook on low for 8hrs, remove lid to reduce in the last 30 mins if required.
Ingredients
- 1 medium brown onion - peeled, quartered
- 3 garlic cloves - peeled
- 100 g speck or streaky bacon - thinly sliced
- 20 g olive oil
- 700 g gravy beef - trimmed and cubed medium/small
- 300 g liquid beef stock - or 300 g | 10.6 oz water + 1 Tbsp beef stock concentrate
- 200 g red wine - I used Pure Vision Organic Merlot
- 100 g small shallots - peeled, whole
- 50 g tomato paste
- 2 x bay leaf
- 5 sprigs of fresh thyme
- 1/2 - 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp cracked black pepper
- 100 g button mushrooms - halved
Instructions
- Add onion and garlic to mixer bowl, chop for 2 sec/speed 6/MC on. Scrape bowl down.
- Add speck and oil, cook for 5 min/100°C or 212°F/speed 1/MC off.
- Add remaining ingredients, except for the mushrooms, and cook for 30 min/steaming temp/slowest speed/MC off. Put the simmering basket over the hole to avoid making a mess of your kitchen.
- Add mushrooms and cook for a further 10 min/steaming temp/slowest speed/MC off. Put the simmering basket over the hole to avoid making a mess of your kitchen. You may need a little more or less time depending on your thermal cooker - because beef tends to have different water content levels, watch this recipe closely towards the end to avoid the meat disintegrating or drying out.
Notes
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