A farmer’s dish that made it into Haute Gastronomy

Beef bourguignon (beef Burgundy) is according to Julia Child’s Mastering the Art of French Cooking  “certainly one of the most delicious beef dishes concocted by man” and one of the best-known, traditional French recipe.

The dish originated from the famous Burgundy wine region (Bourgogne) situated in the east of France. It is a stew prepared with beef morsels braized in red wine and with a beef broth. It is traditionally flavored with garlic, pearl onions and a bouquet garni, as well as some bacon cubes and mushrooms (champignons de Paris) that you add at the end of the cooking.

Beef Burgundy originated as a farmer’s dish to be later refined into haute cuisine. The slow cooking in wine was originally meant to tenderize the meat.

To discover the best Beef Bourguignon in France : 

1/ Au Bourguignon du Marais

Adress: 52 Rue François Miron, 75004 Paris

Opening hours: 11.30 am – 11 pm

Phone: 01 48 87 15 40

2/ L’Épicerie et Cie

Adress:  5 Place Émile Zola, 21000 Dijon

Opening hours: 12 am – 13.45 pm / 7 pm – 10 pm

Phone: 03 80 30 70 69