Beef Bourguignon
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[/caption]This week I am making Beef Bourguignon in a slow cooker. I was at work all last week wondering what it was that I was going to make for my next weeks video. You know as a foodie I am surrounded by a world of food and there are still times when I kick myself in the head wondering what the heck I am going to make for the coming week. This week I was saved by a guy named Paul in the East Coast of England who sent me a private message on my Youtube channel and just asked a basic question. "Hows about a slow cooker recipe?"
I wrote him back saying C'mon you just throw a piece of meat and some spuds and such in the crock and there it is your easy slow cooker recipes! He replied to me that he is now only getting into cooking and that he's been living off of fast food and his George Foreman grill for years and now he wants to improve his diet and cooking skills. So I gave it some considerable thought and decided that I just wasn't going to throw a chicken in the crock pot with veggies and go from there.
I decided to cook Beef Bourguignon in a slow cooker. Now there is only one Beef Bourguignon recipe out there and that belongs to Julia Child in her classic book "Mastering The Art Of French Cooking." Well I was going to build my Beef Bourguignon recipe and adapt mine from hers. There are many easy slow cooker recipes out there but this one is special because Beef Bourguignon is a classic French dish and I was asked by someone to do this and so I wanted to make something special.
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My Beef Bourguignon recipe will NOT be an exact copy of the classic by Julia Child. My recipe will have some subtle changes. One of the layers of flavor that I will be putting into this Beef Bourguignon recipe is a charred half of onion. Another changes is I am not going to be using "lardons" or blanched bacon to spice my sauce. Rather I am going to be using some French Andouille sausage in it's place as this adds a different spice set to the Beef Bourguignon. I will also be using some Cognac to fortify the red wine and some baby yellow potatoes at the end as well. So let's watch the video for my Beef Bourguignon one of my new favorite easy slow cooker recipes!
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Thanks Richard, you're a good fella...
ReplyDeleteYour friend on the East Coast UK.
Paul
PS...
ReplyDeleteRichard...Your recipe is so much easier than some i have read/ watched on the web.
One of the other recipes i found claimed 'Prepare and marinate over 3 days'...What's that all about????
Anyways...Thanks again for your recipe..It's real good and..err..a lot quicker to make... :)
Paul.
I could have marinated the meat for a couple of dayz but then the dish would not have been ready on time. In the final analysis this is a pretty easy dish to make and it's a crowd pleaser! Glad you like! Cheers!
ReplyDeleteYou are very welcome it was my pleasure! Nice to have friends in the UK!
ReplyDeleteCheers!
Dear Richard,
ReplyDeleteI love your blog and videos. Can you make this dish the day before? If so, do you cook it for less time. leave out the potatos and then warm it in the slow cooker on the day and add the potatoes then? I was so inspired by this recipe then i just purchased a slow cooker just so that i can make it :0)
Vanessa from England
Hi Vanessa how are you? I am very happy that you like my videos! Yes! You can make this dish a day before that will just allow the flavors to marry even more and in my opinion is the best way to serve a dish like this. You still cook it for the same amount of time either way. The potatoes help to thicken the sauce in the dish so if you want to leave them out and then add them the next day just remember that it will take hours to get the heat up enough to cook the potatoes. I would just leave them in. I am happy that you got a slow cooker because I am doing another slow cooker recipe for my next video. I hope you watch this one to I think you will LOVE it! I really enjoy hearing from my viewers from across the pond! Thank you so much for watching my videos.
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Hi Richard - thank you for your prompt reply and excellent advice. i will let you know how the dish goes and look forward to your next video. Best wishes, Vanessa
ReplyDeleteSorry Richard one more question. How long does it take to heat up when serving it the next day and will that over cook it if it already spent hours cooking the day before? Do i heat it up in the slow cooker on high? Best wishes, Vanessa
ReplyDeleteHi Vanessa! That all depends on whether or not you will be reheating using the slow cooker or will you take out what you want and heat it up in another kind of pot. In the slow cooker it will take some time but in a sauce pot it will only take a few minutes at medium heat!
ReplyDeleteah i see. i will heat it up on a normal sauce pot. excuse my cooking ignorance and thank you again for your advice!
ReplyDeleteAlso Richard - final question - my slow cooker arrived but it's 3 quarts - can i still make the recipe? i intend to serve 4 people
ReplyDeleteAh ignore my question i changed for the 6 quart one :0). making hte dish tomorrow, will let you know how it goes, thank you again
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