Favourite issues about autumn?
Cosy jumpers, log fires, leaves, crisp air, and all of the stew and casseroles and Beef Bourguignon I can cram into our meal plans. Am I proper or am I right?
I’m complete on embracing all that's the season and loving the gradual cooked dinners. BUT (and I’d desire to level out that I understand how absolutely ridiculous this sounds) they're well, SLOW.
So, whilst Prestige got in contact and requested my if I’d desire to experiment out one in every in their power cookers, I was intrigued. Slow cooked, tender falling aside meat but in a fraction of the time? Got to be a winner.
(Don’t worry, I’ve also protected classes for gradual cooker and oven cooking this Beef Bourguignon too!)
Side picture of white bowl of pork bourguignon recipe with beef, carrots, pearl onions and mushrooms displaying on white background.
Honestly, I was slightly doubtful as I can count being terrified of my Mum’s hissing power cooker as a child.
This was so fundamental to make use of though, the lid locks in place, power builds (there’s slightly indicator to let you recognize it’s working) and there you've it, delicious, meltingly gentle and tender meat in a fraction of the time.
I used it to make my favourite, in actual fact fundamental and fundamental Beef Bourguignon recipe. I would typically prepare dinner it for 2 – 3 hours and this was equipped in about an hour and was incredibly tender.
I’m a power cooker convert! (I was utilizing the Prestige Smart Plus Pressure cooker – lately £59.99 rather of £70.00)
HOW DO YOU MAKE BEEF BOURGUIGNON?
Classic Beef Bourguignon is virtually a French pork stew made with red wine. It frequently has small pearl onions, mushrooms, carrots, pork inventory (or pork broth) and a few herbs too.
You merely brown off the meat and vegetables, upload your liquids and herbs. Then prepare dinner lengthy and slowly till the meat it tender and the sauce is thick and delicious.
To prepare dinner Beef Bourguignon in a power cooker, you comply with that method, but just thicken the sauce on the very stop of cooking.
WHAT KIND OF BEEF IS BEST FOR BEEF BOURGUIGNON?
This recipe for Beef Bourguignon makes use of braising beef, so any sort of pork appropriate to long, gradual cooking is fine.
Braising pork (or braising steak as my Mum at all times referred to as it) is in actual fact a generic title for any sort of pork (mostly cubed) that wants lengthy gradual cooking, contain chuck, skirt, leg and flank.
I typically use pork shin for those recipes. It might be extra fatty though, but is tremendous tasty.
HOW DO YOU COOK BEEF IN A PRESSURE COOKER?
Brown off your meat within the pan or the power cooker with slightly oil, upload vegetables and sufficient liquid (as directed by the recipe of your power cooker manual).
Then, after giving it a nice stir, safe the lid, enable the power cooker to come as a lot as power and whilst the time is up, launch the pressure.
You’ll frequently discover with power cooker recipes that the sauce might be very liquid, here's simply due to the fact it doesn’t evaporate and thicken within the related method as standard cooking. I just thicken with slightly cornflour on the stop of the recipe.
WHAT CAN I SERVE WITH BEEF BOURGUIGNON?
Mashed potatoes work in actual fact effectively to take in that delicious gravy. One of my favorite types ever is this Colcannon recipe. It is SO delicious.
Orzo pasta, cous cous, and even baked potatoes work effectively too.
Photo of pearl onions (or shallots) browning in Prestige power cooker for Beef Bourguignon
HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO COOK BEEF IN A PRESSURE COOKER?
Generally the cooking time in a power cooker is waiting a third of the normal cooking time.
I cooked this Beef Bourguignon (once it had reached complete pressure) for 45 minutes and it was perfectly gentle and tender. Some of the meat had fallen aside into the sauce but I fairly love it like that for a in actual fact meaty, wealthy sauce.
If you needed extra agency items of meat that every one dangle their shape, you might scale back this by 5 minutes.
Larger cuts of beef, like a pot roast joint (my subsequent project!) would take about 60 minutes.
Overhead picture of white bowl of pork bourguignon recipe with beef, carrots, pearl onions and mushrooms displaying on white background.
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BEEF BOURGUIGNON AND BEEF STEW?
In the UK a Beef Stew (or any sort of stew in fact) is frequently cooked on the range ideal in a lidded saucepan. Whereas a casserole (in the UK at least) tends to be a related dish, but cooked within the oven in a lidded saucepan.
Beef Bourguignon is the title of a vintage French pork stew, made utilizing gradual cooked pork and red wine.
CAN I FREEZE BEEF BOURGUIGNON?
Yes. This dish freezes brilliantly. When it’s cold, I portion it up into takeaway bins (I purchase them in bulk from Amazon, about £8 for 50).
I then defrost and warm by means of whilst needed. The sauce will thicken even extra on reheating, just upload a dash of water within the event you wish extra gravy.
Takeaway bins filled with pork Guinness stew equipped for dwelling freezing.
TIPS FOR MAKING THIS BEEF BOURGUIGNON RECIPE:
Be certain to dry your pork items with kitchen paper earlier than frying. This will imply that they brown just extra within the pan.
Make certain you comply with the classes in your individual power cooker for safety, as they would possibly vary.
Life is just too brief to to peel a miniature onion in my opinion! BUT they in actual fact do make a difference on this Beef Bourguignon so, I use pre peeled frozen ones. These are accessible from Waitrose, Ocado and different large supermarkets.
HOW DO YOU COOK BEEF BOURGUIGNON IN THE SLOW COOKER?
Brown your pork and bacon, adopted by vegetables (as distinct within the recipe below). Add in your liquid and pop on the lid of the gradual cooker and prepare dinner on low for about 6 – 8 hours or excessive for three – four hours.
(Timings will fluctuate depending in your gradual cooker, I at all times move on the edge of warning and enable extra time, so that the meat is meltingly soft.)
HOW DO YOU COOK BEEF BOURGUIGNON IN THE OVEN?
Brown your pork and bacon, adopted by vegetables (as distinct below). Add in your liquid and pop on the lid of a casserole dish. Pop it into an oven, preheated to 160C for three hours to 3.5 hours.
Check the liquid simply due to the fact it chefs and upload a dash extra pork inventory if needed.
When cooking Beef Bourguignon within the oven, you will possibly no longer must upload within the cornflour if the gravy is already thick sufficient on the stop of the cooking time.
Side picture of white bowl of pork bourguignon recipe with beef, carrots, pearl onions and mushrooms displaying on white history with power cooker background.
HOW TO MAKE THE PRESSURE COOKER BEEF BOURGUIGNON RECIPE:
Beef Bourguignon
This delicious fundamental Beef Bourguignon recipe is fundamental to make in a power cooker, gradual cooker, oven or range top.
Course Main Course
Cuisine Family Food
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Servings 6 People
Calories 571 kcal
Ingredients
1 tbsp Olive oil
1 kg Braising beef
200 g Smoked bacon lardons
4 Cloves Garlic Peeled and crushed
450 g Pearl onions See recipe notes, I use frozen
5 Large carrots Peeled, trimmed and cut into large chunks
400 g Button mushrooms
400 ml Red wine
350 ml Beef stock
2 tbsp Dried thyme
3 tbsp Tomato puree
Salt and pepper
3 tbsp Cornflour
Chopped contemporary parsley to serve.
Metric - Imperial
Instructions
To prepare dinner within the power cooker:
Heat the oil over a medium warmth in your power cooker and brown the meat in batches. Removing from the pan as they're coloured.
After you've browned the meat and the pan is empty (apart from the meat bits caught to the pan - maintain these!) pop within the bacon items and fry on a excessive warmth till beginning to move brown and crispy.
Add within the garlic, onions, carrots and mushrooms and fry for a number of minutes till just beginning to colour.
Put the browned pork again into the pan, alongside with the red wine, pork stock, dried thyme, tomato puree and lots of salt and pepper. Give everything a nice stir.
Lock on the lid of the power cooker, turn the power to II (or whichever normal putting your power cooker uses), look ahead to the power indicator to present you that it has reached power after which scale back the warmth till it reaches a low, normal hiss.
Cook for 45 minutes and whilst the time is up, speedy launch the power (making certain it is clear of your face/hand).
Spoon a ladle or NULL of cooking juice out of the pan suitable into a small bowl and whisk within the cornflour to make a modern paste with out lumps. Add again into the power cooker and stir well.
Allow this to bubble for 5 minutes to thicken and serve.