Bistro Braised Beef With Shiitake and Pearl Onions
photo by PaulaG
- Ready In:
- 2hrs 6mins
- Ingredients:
- 18
- Serves:
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6-8
ingredients
- 1⁄2 1/2 lb oyster mushrooms or 1/2 lb your favourite mushroom
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 lbs stewing beef, cut into 1 to 11/2-inch (2.5 to 4 cm)
- 1 cup brewed coffee (your favorite)
- 3⁄4 cup water
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 3 sprigs fresh thyme (or 1 tsp/5 mL dried)
- 2 bay leaves
- 2 teaspoons dried oregano leaves
- 2 -3 cups baby carrots
- 2 -3 cups peeled white pearl onions
- fresh ground black pepper
directions
- Clean shiitake and remove stems, if using other mushrooms simply clean.
- Leave whole or if mushrooms are large, thickly slice.
- In a large wide saucepan or Dutch oven, melt butter and 1 tbsp (15 mL) olive oil over medium-high.
- Add mushrooms and cook until tender, about 3 minutes.
- Remove from heat and turn into a bowl.
- In a large bowl, stir flour with salt.
- Add beef and lightly coat in flour.
- In the pan that mushrooms were cooked in, heat remaining oil over medium-high heat. Cook half the meat until browned all over, then remove to a bowl.
- Repeat with remaining meat adding a little more oil.
- Stir in coffee, water, garlic, vinegar, brown sugar,Worcestershire, herbs and meat in bowl to the saucepan.
- Bring to a boil, then cover and reduce heat to medium-low, mixture should be gently simmering.
- Stir occasionally for 1 1/2 hours, meat should nearly be tender.
- Stir in carrots and onions.
- Continue to cook, simmering gently and stirring occasionally until meat is very tender, about 30 minutes.
- If you would like sauce a little thicker, uncover and simmer 15 to 20 minutes.
- Stir in mushrooms.
- Add pepper to taste.
- Serve with mashed potatoes or egg noodles, sprinkled with parsley or fresh thyme.
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PEELING PEARL ONIONS:
- Drop unpeeled onions in boiling water for a minute or so.
- Plunge into cold water.
- Cut base of onions and squeeze.
- Onions will pop out of skin.
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Reviews
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This was really good. Despite the long list of ingredients, it is actually very easy to make. The dish gives off a wonderful aroma as it is slow cooking and the whole house smelled wonderful. I followed the directions as posted, however I found that the carrots and pearl onions were not soft enough after 30 minutes covered, in Step 14. I even increased the heat a little and let it simmer another 25 mins or so and they still were not soft enough. I think next time I might put them in in Step 12 and let them simmer for an hour and a half with the beef, or maybe put them in a half hour into the beef simmering. Anyway, this was a tasty dish and we enjoyed our dinner. Thanks, Annacia!
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I made this a little differently than the recipe: I did not use thyme, as my husband is allergic, and I made it all in the crockpot, browning the meat first and then just throwing everything else in. I used frozen pearl onions, and let it simmer for about 5 hours. I served it over rice, and added a bit more salt. It came out fantastic! My 2 year old son, who never eats meat, ate 2 bowls of it! Thank you so much for this recipe. I will definitely be making this again.
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This falls into the comfort food category. After browning the mushrooms and the meat, frozen pearl onions and baby cut carrots were added to the pot along with a slightly reduced amount of coffee and water. The dish was cooked in my slow cooker for about 4 hours on low. The aroma was wonderful. This was served on top of gluten free pasta with a green salad on the side. Made for Zaar Stars.
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This dish is delicious. I did deviate from the cooking method a little in that I cooked it in a 350 degree oven for 2 hours. I didn't have the time to babysit it on the stove. I also took the frozen pearl onion route, which appeared to be just fine. I am not fond of the taste and texture baby carrots give, cooked, so used 3 large carrots. Made for Photo Tag game. :)
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This was very good. The smells that filled my kitchen as it was cooking, were wonderful. The flavor was wonderful too. We enjoyed this dish very much. I love pearl onions, mushrooms and carrots so this had a lot for me to love! I did replace the oregano with tarragon, because I don't care much for oregano in a brown gravy/sauce.Semi-picky DH loved it too, and that says ALOT!Sometimes he will not even try something new, and I rate it on my own.This was not one of those times, he tried, he liked! Thanks Annacia for a keeper.