With my recent purchase of a pressure cooker, it seems to have opened up a whole new world of delicous dishes that can be cooked quickly, rather than 3 hours in the oven. Cheaper cuts of meat that are also much tastier.
Tonight I cooked up a Beef Bourginon, and the family loved it:
This recipe fed the 5 of us.
- 3 rashers bacon chopped
- 800 grams Gravy beef cubed
- 300 gms mushrooms quartered
- 2 carrots sliced
- 1 large onion chopped
- 4 cloves garlic chopped or crushed
- 2 tbsp flour
- 1 cup red wine
- 1 cup beef stock
- 1-2 tsp dried thyme
- 1 tsp dried basil
- salt and pepper
- Olive oil
Fry bacon for a few seconds, then add onion and garlic and fry till clear. Add beef and seal. Add flour and stir till mixed. Stir in wine, stock and seasonings.
Close lid and cook for 20 minutes.
Release pressure, and open pan. Add mushrooms and carrots. Close lid and cook a further 5 min's.
Served up with pasta, well buttered spinach and a nice crusty French stick. The beef was fall apart tender in only 25 min's of cooking. A very nice change from curry. ;D