Christmas Beef and Fig Stew

Ingredients

• 35 beef for braising, e. g. shoulder or breast, roughly diced
• 2 tablespoons oil
• 14 pearl onion
• 1 tablespoon tomato puree
• 1/2 teaspoon peppercorns crushed
• 4 juniper berries crushed
• 375 cups red wine
• 1667 cups beef stock
• 2 potato floury, diced
• 2 garlic clove finely chopped
• 333 cups anchovy fillet roughly chopped
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 2 cinnamon stick halved
• 2 bay leaves
• 4 figs fresh, quartered
• basil to garnish, optional