Bison Bourguignon
Ingredients
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1 tbsp grape seed oil
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1-1 1/4 lb bison stew meat
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salt and black pepper
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4 medium carrots cut into ¼-inch rounds
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2 leeks
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1 medium onion roughly chopped
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2 celery ribs cut into ¼-inch slices
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1 cup beef stock
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2 cup Burgundy or other dry red wine
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4 sprigs thyme
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1 tbsp buerre manie*
*Notes
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Here’s a great article in Saveur Magazine on how to make/use buerre manie.
PREP TIME: 15 min | COOK TIME: 2 hrs 15 min | TOTAL TIME: 2 hrs 30 min | SERVES: 4
CREATED BY: Amy Reiley
Comfort food gets a modern (and healthy) twist with the use of bison in place of beef.
Directions
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Carefully wash the leeks and halve lengthwise. Cut the white of the leek into ¼-inch half rounds. Save the dark green parts to make a delicious vegetable stock.
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Heat the grape seed oil in a Dutch oven.
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While the oil is heating, season the bison cubes with salt and pepper.
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Add the bison to the Dutch oven and brown for 2-3 minutes on one side, then flip to brown on the other side, adding the carrots, leeks, onion and celery.
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Continue to brown the meat for an additional 3 minutes.
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Pour in the stock and wine and add the whole thyme sprigs.
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Bring to a simmer and simmer, covered for 2-2 1/2 hours.
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Just before serving, remove the thyme sprigs and gently stir in the buerre manie.
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Allow it to simmer for about a minute to thicken before removing from heat and serving.
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