When I was a kid my Dad used to make this at least once a week always on Sunday because he was home from work and could stay on top of it while it was cooking. As you know you have to keep adding liquid as it cooks so he would keep adding more wine and let it cook down. Each time he added some wine he would have a glass himself. His saying was “you know the sauce is done when you are sauced”... lol
We made it ourselves the same way for years now. The concentration of wine cooked down well gives it a richer fuller flavor like Beef Bourguignon. :)
What a wonderful memory to share. Thanks!
My Dad worked a lot of odd hours when I was young - he was taking a number of apprenticeships at once to get us on to a better life - which he did - and I thanked him for it often!
If he was sleeping, we lived in FEAR of waking him up, LOL! I am still pretty quiet for the most part in ‘Real Life.’
When he was able, he was in charge of Breakfast and always made us ‘Toad in the Hole’ which is just an egg cooked in the middle of bread/toast.
I still have that quite often for breakfast; Beau loves it and I always feel Dad is with me. :) (He died in 2020)