Meal # 7 Boeuf Bourguignon

Ah, Boeuf Bourguignon. My second French dish. My Frenchy friends the Bernals would be so happy to know that I tapping my inner French. It was quite an extensive meal and here is a summary of what I did to prepare this famous dish. I patted, defrosted, cut, sliced, seared, sauteed, diced, fried, chopped, baked, simmered, poured, measured, drank wine, lite my food on fire and dropped a match in my stew. Not in any particular order that is. I started cooking at 5:00 and ate at 9:30. My poor husband ate a brat to stave off starvation. I told him that it would be worth the wait. This was also my big meal that all my friends came over to try. Lastly, it was a celebration dinner of the Amato's one month anniversary! All rolled into one dutch oven made by my food idol Paula Deen. Just using her cookware makes things saltier. So the only real exciting part of this dish was the fact that I used 3/4 bottle of wine (and it should have been a whole bottle but I poured myself a glass before I read the directions) in this tasty stew. I was a little nervous serving up the church folk because it reeked of alcohol. Plus I added Brandy and lit it on fire. I was kinda scared because I felt like my eyebrows are placed nicely on my face and my hair had a lot of product in it. Joel was brave enough to help and of course there is a video that my team shot. Thanks Gabriel!

All in all. It was my best meal yet. I am still contemplating living in France and eating wine and cheese all day. I still have to convince the better half. I fed an army with this meal which I liked too. A couple of people low balled me and I will try to win them over with another lovely dish. :)

Ingredients used from list - wine, garlic, mushrooms

How many stars?
Alicia - 4
Amy - 4
Bri - 3.5
Brit - 4.4
Gabe 5.5 (thanks babe)
Jeff - 3.9
Jenny - 5
Joel - 4.25
Keith - 4.5
Amanda - 3.7
Caleb - 4.8
Bruce - 4
Andy - 3.5

Me? 4.7 It was magnificent! The sauce/broth/wine concoction was literally out of this world. Many felt differently about the pearl onions but otherwise every enjoyed
it.

Check out the video and pictures of my #1 meal yet!

The Wino Tiffany