Shelly's Recipe

*BEEF ZINFANDEL*

Category: Beef

1/2 lb mushrooms, sliced
12 small pearl onions, cut into fourths
6 tbsp butter
1/2 lb bacon, diced
2 lbs Top Sirloin steak, cut into 1 inch cubes or Tenderloin tips, cut in cubes
2 tbsp flour
1 cup Zinfandel
1 1/2 cups beef broth
2 bay leaves
4 cloves garlic, minced
1 tsp ground thyme
3 cups carrots, diagonally sliced
Salt and pepper
Hot buttered noodles
3 tbsp parsley chopped

In a large skillet, saute mushrooms and onions in hot butter until golden brown. Remove from skillet and set aside.

Add bacon to skillet and fry until crisp; remove with a slotted spoon and reserve.

Add steak to skillet and fry in bacon fat, stirring frequently, until well browned. Return mushroom and onion mixture to skillet and add flour; toss until flour disappears. Add Zinfandel, beef broth, bay leaf, garlic and thyme. Simmer, covered, for 30 minutes, stirring frequently.

Add carrots and cooked bacon, and cook covered, for 15 minutes longer. Season with salt and pepper. Before serving, remove bay leaf. Serve over hot buttered noodles. Sprinkle with parsley. Serves 8