Boeuf Bourguignon

Name: Boeuf Bourguignon
Ingredients: 1.5kg beef - chuck or blade steak; 2 large white onions, diced; 1 carrot, diced; 2 cloves garlic, finely diced; bouquet garni - bay leaf, parsley, sage, thyme; 1 bottle red wine, yes the whole bottle - and, if you wouldn't drink it, don't cook with it*; 500ml beef stock; 1 tbsp tomato paste; 100g speck, cut into 3mm pieces; 200g small button mushrooms; 12 pickling onions, peeled; 2 tbsp butter; 2 tbsp flour; salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste; green beans; rice, baby potatoes or mashed potato to serve