Name: French Beef Stew
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 4 h
Yield: 8
Cuisine: French

Serve: 8

1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
2. Take a heavy pot with a lid. Pour 2 tablespoon of oil into it and then heat it. Add bacon and stir it gently till it becomes browned throughout. Now, remove the bacon and keep it apart.
3. Take a paper towel and gently remove the moisture from the beef cubes. Now sprinkle some salt and pepper over it. Now stir the beef cubes in the same heavy pot until each side turns brown. Here, you need not use extra oil. Stir fry the beef in the same oil in which the bacon was stirred. In case if you need oil to finish browning, add a little more to it. Set aside the beef.
4. Now in the same pot, add another 2 tablespoons of oil and heat it. add all the vegetables (carrots, onions and garlic) in the oil and saute them for 5 minutes. Sprinkle some salt and pepper over it. Once the onions turn brown, add cognac and cook for 10 minutes.
5. Add beef along with bacon over the vegetables. Add beef broth so that it covers all the meat. If you want, you can add wine, as it will enrich the flavour. Stir everything well. Add tomato paste in the stew along with bay leaves and thyme. Lower the heat and stir the stew occasionally. Once the stew reaches a simmer, cover the heavy pot with its lid. Cook for 1.5 hours. This will ensure that the meat is tender.
6. Take a small bowl. Add 2 tablespoon butter along with 3 tablespoons of flour, Mix them well.
7. Take a skillet and add butter. Saute the mushrooms until they turn soft.
8. After 1.5 hours, remove the stew from the oven. Add the butter mixture along with mushrooms and pearl onions.
9. Again put the pot on the stovetop and bring the stew to boil. Cover the pot with a lid and simmer for another half an hour.
10. After 30 minutes, skim off the fat and remove bay leaves.
11. Sprinkle some salt and pepper over it. While serving, garnish with parsley.

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