Hanger steak à la bourguignonne, new potatoes

Preparation time: 30 min

• General preparation

  Cut mushrooms into quarters. Cut the beef into large cubes of 3 cm and the bacon into small pieces. Chop the parsley. Cut the potatoes into quarters.

• New potatoes preparation

  Cook potatoes in a large saucepan of boiling salted water about 12 to 15 minutes until just tender.

• For the flank steaks à la bourguignonne preparation

  In a large hot skillet, cook the bacon until crisp and golden. Set aside in a bowl on paper towels. In the same pan, use the bacon fat to cook the mushrooms over high heat until they are colored, add the flour and cook 1 minute more while stirring. Set aside with the bacon. Then add the pearl onions in the pan with a little water, a pinch of salt and sugar and a knob of butter. Let simmer until liquid has evaporated to glaze them. Meanwhile, in another hot pan, drizzled with vegetable oil, sear the beef cubes to brown them well on all sides. Season with salt and pepper. Set aside in a bowl. Deglaze the pan with red wine, bring to a boil add the thyme and bay leaf and cook until reduced by half. Add the garnish in the wine sauce, bring to boil while stirring to thicken it with the flour coating the mushrooms. Then add the beef. Adjust the seasoning.

• To serve

  Place a few quarters of potatoes at the bottom of a soup plate. Add a few pieces of beef over the potatoes and pour the sauce à la bourguignonne. Garnish with chopped parsley.