I try to keep away from pretentious recipes titles but this describes the best this somewhat simple but very lengthy recipe. I did not had much time lately to cook, shoot or write about food but after eating pizza with coke on Saturday I decided to take some measures. So, I remembered a beef bone with meat I had bought a while ago which was perfect for the task. Beef bourguignon...
I’m not that pretentious to call this “boeuf bourguignon” so I’ll call it simply beef stew. It’s the result of the following cravings: beef, bolognese sauce and the wish not to waste the vegetables (tomatoes and bell peppers) in the fridge. Beef stew Ingredients 500g of beef 4 cups of red wine 5 tomatoes 2 carrots 2 bell peppers potatoes 1 onion bay leaves a lot of time and patience Method cut the meat in small cubes brown the onion in a large (about 5l) pot then add the meat cubes and stir until sealed cover with wine and 1 extra glass of water then add the bay leaves and let it simmer for about 1h, add water as needed add the roughly cut tomatoes and simmer for one more hour, add salt and pepper and water as needed add the bell peppers and carrots and let it simmer until the carrots and meat are soft in the mean time prepare mashed potatoes by boiling the potatoes and then blending them with milk, a bit of butter, salt and pepper let everything cool down a bit then serve the stew is better next day....
Gandindu-ma la ceva bun azi am ajuns de la imaginea/gustul retetei chinezesti de porc cu sos caramel la mai multe idei (1, 2) pe care le-am combinat. Chiftelute, chiftelute Ingrediente carne tocata (am folosit cam 500g de carne tocata de porc si vita) 1 ceapa putina paine (miezul de la o felie uscata) sau 2 linguri pesmet baza de orez fiert cu sare si cuisoare sau cous cous mirodenii pentru carne: patrunjel, sare, piper, coriandru 1 ou bulion, morcov mirodenii pentru sos: cardamon, piper, coriandru, ardei iute (chilli pepper) susan pentru experiment de chiftelute Metoda am taiat ceapa mic de tot intr-un bol am amestecat carnea cu jumatate din ceapa taiata, painea inmuiata cu apa si stoarsa pesmet, oul, patrunjelul bine taiat am facut niste bilute din amestec cam de 2 cm in diametru (cam cat o nuca) pe care le-am prajit in ulei o parte din bilute le-am dat prin susan inainte sa le prajesc restul de ceapa si morcovul ras l-am calit cu putin ulei adaugand pe urma mirodeniile si bulionul....