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Marinating the beef:You will need to marinate the beef for 24 hrs.
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This dish for four takes about 30 minutes to prepare and 2 1/2 hr to cook.
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Place beef steaks into a bowl add in bouquet garni and pour over red wine.
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Cover with clingfilm and leave in fridge for 24 hrs.
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Preheat oven to 180 C (350 F mark 4).
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Strain off and reserve red wine and bouquet garni.
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Allow meat to rest for a few minutes and then pat dry with kitchen paper.
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Heat groundnut oil in a large castiron casserole on the stove and brown the steaks on both sides.
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Remove meat and spoon off fat.
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Add in butter to the same casserole and lightly brown all the vegetables except the mushrooms for 45 minutes.
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Sprinkle with flour through a sieve and cook for further 34 minutes.
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Add in l/4 of reserved red wine tomato puree and bouquet garni and whisk to prevent lumps forming.
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Add in remaining wine and steaks.
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Bring to boil skim cover and cook slowly in the preheated oven for 2 hr.
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While meat is cooking cut bacon into large strips about 2.5cm long and 1 cm thick and place in cool unsalted water.
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Bring to the boil and cook for 3 minutes.
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Strain put aside and add in to beef after its first hour of cooking.
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Add in mushrooms 10 minutes before the end of the cooking time.
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Remove bouquet garni taste and season with salt and pepper.
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Be careful about the salt as the bacon will be salty Serve