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Vegetarian Bourguignon, a spin to our classic French recipe.
I am blessed behind believe that my wonderful friend, Michelin Star accredited Chef, my mentor, cooking instructor, author, and restaurant owner, Eliane Muskus from Born to Taste, accepted to come and visit me and my family for a few days before heading back to the Netherland. Pinching moment. And then fear set it. I will have to cook!!! Talk about intimidation.
However, in the chef’s fashion, she wanted to work in the kitchen with me and prepare a couple of new dishes. The recipe selected for our day was set to be a perfect day cooking, taping and of course, rewarded with a great meal at the end of it all.
In her new cookbook, “Let’s Eat” she has a lot of vegetarian recipes. Old French classics, rewritten and reintroduce into a vegetarian dish. To order the book click HERE.
This Vegetarian Bourguignon recipe is exceptional. Once you will bite into the mushrooms and taste the sauce, you will be transported into a different culinary dimension.
Bourguignon also called beef Burgundy, is a French classic beef stew that is braised in red wine, often from the Burgundy region, with beef stock, garlic, and garnished with bouquet garni, pearl onions, mushrooms, and bacon.
The difference is the red wine. The French use red wine and our American counterparts use water, beef broth, or tomato sauce. However, the stews with wine must be cooked slowly.
This is a pretty simple recipe with lots of steps. Read it twice just to familiarize yourself with all of them therefore mise en place, or chop, cut, and prepare all your ingredients prior to starting cooking.
However, I have a few pointers to give you to prepare this recipe.
Read this recipe twice and have all your ingredients ready prior to starting. You will thank me later.
One of Eliane’s advice was that anytime we add flour to a pan and add either butter, oil like in this instance, we always have to cook the flour to remove its flavor of it and bring out its nuttier taste of it.
Potatoes are an excellent side dish, pureed. Creamy polenta or pasta. However, a great baguette will transport you to France.
White wine is a great substitute, and of course, you can make this recipe non-vegetarian.
Do not forget a great glass of wine too.
Why not try:
Broiled Beef Tenderloin with Asparagus and Roasted Red Onion Vinaigrette
Equipment and Ingredients used to make this recipe
In a small dish place the dried porcini mushrooms, soak them in warm water for 20 to 30 minutes. Remove from water, squeeze the water out and roughly chop. Save the soaking water and add the liquid to the mushroom stock. Set the porcini aside.
Over medium-high heat, pour 3 tablespoons olive oil into a heavy-bottomed large Dutch oven pan
Cook the mushrooms in batches by adding half of the mushrooms with half of the pearl onions, with ¼ teaspoon salt and ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper to the pan. Cook covered for about 6 minutes until all the liquid has rendered, and the mushrooms are tender and caramelized. Remove from the heat and set aside. Repeat the same process with the remaining half of mushrooms and pearl onions.
Once the second batch is done, uncover and add the first batch of mushrooms back to the pan, reducing the heat to low. Add the minced garlic and continue to cook until mushrooms are tender about 8 minutes.
When done, transfer the mushrooms mixture to a bowl and set aside.
Return the pot to the stove over medium-high heat and add the remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil and flour by carefully whisking the flour and oil until well combined and the combination starts to get a light caramel color.
Add the carrots, onions, garlic cloves, anchovy paste, tomato paste, and soaked and chopped porcini mushrooms. Stir well and cook until the onions are translucent about 8 to 10 minutes.
Meanwhile, in a small bowl dissolve the agar-agar or corn starch with ½ cup of the vegetable broth. Set aside.
When the carrots and the onions are done add the corn starch-broth combination and stir well.
Add the wine to the center of the pan to deglaze by stirring and dislodging any brown bits that may be stuck to the bottom or the side of the pan.
Carefully pour in the mushrooms stock to which you added the porcini mushrooms water, fresh thyme, bay leaves, and peppercorns. Bring to a boil and cook while stirring occasionally and the liquid has thickened somewhat. About 10 to 12 minutes.
When the liquid is thickened, it should be slowly coming off the spoon almost like a light syrup consistency, remove from heat.
Over a large bowl, place a large sieve and place the pan vegetables with the liquid through the sieve to separate the liquid from the solids. With a rubber spatula, press the solids to get as much juice as you possibly can.
Return the liquid to the pan and discard the solids. If at this point if your sauce is too thin add equal parts liquid and corn starch and mix them into the liquids and let it thicken by stirring well.
Season with salt and pepper. Be careful when adding the salt as there is already 1 tablespoon anchovy paste which should not be omitted as it gives the dish great depth of flavor.
Lower the heat to medium-low and add the mushrooms/pearl onions mixture and cook until heated thru about 5 minutes.
Serve over creamy polenta, pasta, or silky-smooth potato puree. Sprinkle some finely chopped parsley over your dish, optional.
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This vegetarian bouguignon is so delicious, so full of flavor! I used homemade vegetable stock but I bet it is amazing with mushroom stock too. Definitely making it again, we all loved it.
Thank you, Dawn, for making my dish. So happy everyone loves it.
This looks so tasty. I think I might try it.
You will enjoy it. Thank you for stopping by!
This sounds like such a lovely and comforting meal, perfect for a cold winter day here in Canada. I also love that it is meatless, since meat prices are rising and we are trying to eat more sustainably.
Comfort food at its best. Absolutely! This recipe is easy on your wallet, that’s for sure.
Thank you for this beautiful & delicious meatless spin on a classic dish. I look forward to trying it!
You are most welcome, Connie. I am sure you will enjoy it very much.
This is a wonderful recipe for Bourguignon. I love your detail and tips especially.
Thank you! I try to be as explanatory as I possibly can.
Giangi! Another great recipe, the flavors are amazing.
Thank you so much.
I am a huge fan of mushrooms, so am over the moon that this meatless version of bourguignon is jam packed with them. It looks heavenly!
And it is heavenly, I cannot wait for you to try it.
Enjoy!
Personally, I simply adore beef bourguignon, especially in wintertime. It’s so cozy and satisfying and it practically cooks itself. But, admittedly, I am trying to stay away from too much red meat so this vegetarian version will be a perfect replacement. Thank you!
The pleasure is all mine. I am sure you will enjoy this version.
Bon Appetit!
My family would love this recipe as much as I do. We seldom have this kind of vegetarian version. It sure did help us to explore on this cooking. Thank you Giangi.
I am so happy you and your family enjoyed it. Thank you for making it.
I took your advice and read it twice. I need to remember to save the soaking water for porcini (and many other things!). I better print it to follow for dinner tonight; I’m craving a Bourguignon, meaty or not!
You will enjoy this version Mihaela.
Bon Appetit!