Budget: Beef Short Ribs la Bourguignonne

Title:
Budget: Beef Short Ribs la Bourguignonne

Yield:
6 Servings

Categories:
Beef,
Main
Dishes,
French




Ingredients:





     4 sl Bacon, chopped


   1/3 c  All-purpose flour


   1/2 ts Salt


   1/4 ts Pepper


   1/4 ts Paprika


     2 lb Beef short ribs


     2    Onions, finely chopped


     3    Carrots, finely chopped


     3    Garlic cloves, minced


 1 1/2 c  Red wine


 1 1/2 c  Beef stock


     1 ts Dried thyme


     1    Bay leaf





---------------------------------VEGETABLES---------------------------------


     4    Potatoes


     4    Carrots, thickly sliced


   1/2 lb Small mushrooms


   1/4 c  Fresh parsley, chopped


          Salt


          Pepper





 In Dutch oven, cook bacon over medium heat; remove bacon and set aside.


 


 In plastic bag, combine flour, salt, pepper and paprika; add ribs and shake


 to coat, reserving flour mixture.


 


 Add ribs to pan; brown well, in batches [note] , over medium-high heat.


 Remove ribs and set aside; drain fat from pan. Add onions, carrots, garlic


 and reserved flour mixture to pan; reduce heat to medium. Cover and cook


 (adding up to 2 tb water if mixture gets too dry) for about 6 minutes or


 until onions are softened. Gradually stir in wine, stock, thyme and bay


 leaf, scraping up brown bits [deglaze] from bottom. Bring to boil; reduce


 heat and simmer for 5 minutes. Return ribs and bacon to pan; simmer,


 covered, for 1 hour.


 


 Vegetables: Meanwhile, peel potatoes and cut into bite-size chunks. Add


 potatoes and carrots to pan; cook for 1 hour. Stir in mushrooms; cook for


 30 minutes or until ribs are tender. Stir in parsley. Discard bay leaf.


 Season with salt and pepper to taste.


 


 [Note: browning meat in batches prevents meat from steaming, which happens


 if meat is crowded in the pan.]


 


 Serve in big soup bowls with French bread and a green salad.


 


 6 servings for $14.08 CDN [Mar/95]


 


 Source: Canadian Living magazine, Mar 95 Presented in article by Jan Main


 "Budget Bests: Dem Bones, Dem Bones, Dem Tasty Bones"


 


     [-=PAM=-]   PA_Meadows@msn.com


 


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