Ingredients for 4 servings

servings
  • 1 kg (2.2 lb) well-trimmed beef paleron from Charolais (if possible) cut into 12 pieces
  • 1 onion and 1 carrot peeled and cut into mirepoix (large cubes)
  • 2 garlic cloves degermed and crushed
  • a little thyme and 1 bay leaf
  • 15 g (0.5 oz) dried porcini mushrooms (optional)
  • 50 g (1.75 oz) flour
  • 1 bottle of good Côtes du Rhône or Cahors wine for example
  • 2 anchovy fillets in oil
  • 50 g (1.75 oz) high quality pitted green olives
  • 250 g (8.75 oz) apples (charlotte) peeled and turned with a Parisian melon baller (round balls)
  • 150 g (5.25 oz) pearl onions peeled
  • oil butter (or duck fat)
  • salt and freshly ground pepper