Vegetarian Bourguignon

Name: Vegetarian Bourguignon
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 1 h
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 5 tablespoons olive oil (5 tablespoons olive oil); 5 pounds baby Bella mushrooms (5 pounds baby Bella mushrooms, dirt removed, halved and stem removed); ¾ cup pickled pearl onions (¾ cup pickled pearl onions); 2 tablespoons flour (2 tablespoons of flour); 4 cups mushroom stock (4 cups mushroom stock or vegetable stock); 3¼ teaspoons corn starch (3¼ teaspoons agar-agar or corn starch); 1½ cup red wine (1½ cup red wine, Pinot Noir or white wine); 2 tablespoons tomato paste (2 tablespoons tomato paste); 4 garlic cloves (4 cloves of garlic, cleaned and minced); 1 tablespoon anchovy paste (1 tablespoon anchovy paste); 2 tablespoons dried porcini mushrooms (2 tablespoons dried porcini mushrooms); 4 tablespoons parsley (4 tablespoons finely chopped fresh parsley); 2 onions (2 medium yellow onions, diced); 2 carrots (2 medium carrots peeled and diced); 8 garlic cloves (8 garlic cloves, peeled and end core removed); 8 thyme (8 sprigs fresh thyme ); 2 bay leaves (2 dried bay leaves); 12 peppercorn (12 black peppercorns); salt and pepper (salt and pepper to taste)