Beef bourguignon

Name: Beef bourguignon
Total time: 3 h
Yield: 4 portions
Ingredients: 800 g beef stew meat (raw); 500 ml wine, table, red; 4 rashers bacon (raw); 250 g mushrooms; 2 medium onions; 2 medium carrots; 2 cloves garlic; 2 Tbsp flour; 1 Tbsp tomato paste; 1 cube beef stock cube; 300 ml tap water; 1 Tsp thyme; 2 pieces bay leaf; 2 Tbsp olive oil

Beef slowly stewed in red wine with mushrooms, bacon and onions.

3 hto make
4portions
Mediumto cook

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A high footprint

5.91 kg CO₂e a portion, or 9.57 kg for every kilo of the dish: its climate, nitrogen, land and water impacts together, from farm to plate.

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A high nutrition rating

852 kcal and 46.9 g of protein a portion. The rating weighs what's in it, inspired by Nutri-Score.

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Ingredients

For 4 portions

800 g beef stew meat (raw)
500 ml wine, table, red
4 rashers bacon (raw)
250 g mushrooms
2 medium onions
2 medium carrots
2 cloves garlic
2 Tbsp flour
1 Tbsp tomato paste
1 cube beef stock cube
300 ml tap water
1 Tsp thyme
2 pieces bay leaf
2 Tbsp olive oil

Method

Brown the beef in the oil in batches, then fry the chopped bacon, onions, carrots and garlic.
Stir in the flour and tomato paste, then add the wine, water, stock cube and herbs.
Return the beef, cover and cook at 160 °C for 2 hours.
Add the mushrooms and cook for 30 more minutes.

Nutrition

	A portion (618 g)	100 g
Energy	852 kcal	138 kcal
Protein	46.9 g	7.6 g
Carbohydrate	20.4 g	3.3 g
of which sugars	7.4 g	1.2 g
Fat	54.3 g	8.8 g
of which saturates	19.1 g	3.1 g
Fibre	3.1 g	0.5 g
Salt	2.5 g	0.4 g

Footprint

	A portion	1 kg
Climate (CO₂ eq)	5.91 kg	9.57 kg
Nutrient pollution (N eq)	27.54 g	44.6 g
Land use for a year	6.68 m²	10.82 m²
Water use	2,027 l	3,282 l

Footprint from AGRIBALYSE 3.1.1 (ADEME), with our own minor changes. How we work it out.

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