Beef Stifado
Beef Casserole with Onions
Directions
- Heat the olive oil in a large saucepan and brown the meat in it. It will produce a lot of moisture but continue until it has all evaporated and the meat starts to turn golden.
- Slowly pour the vinegar over it and, when the steam subsides, add the wine.
- Then add all the remaining ingredients except the vegetable oil, onions and sugar, cover and cook slowly for 1 hour or until the meat is almost tender.
- Heat the vegetable oil in a frying pan and add as many onions in one layer as it will take.
- Sautee them gently for about 15 minutes, shaking and turning them over until they brown lightly.
- Lift them out with a slotted spoon and spread them over the meat, distributing them evenly.
- Repeat until all the onions are done.
- Sprinkle the sugar over the onions, cover and cook very gently for 30 minutes, until the onions are soft but not disintegrating.
- Do not stir once the onions have been added, but rotate the saucepan occasionally to coat them in the sauce
Also known in Greece as “Stifado”.
Ingredients
- 4 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 small sprig of rosemary
- 1 kg tender beef, cut
into large cubes - 900 ml water
- 2 tablespoons tomato puree
- salt
- black pepper
- 3 tablespoons red wine vinegar
- 4-6 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 700 grams small onions (the pickling size), peeled and left whole
- 1 small glass red wine
- 5 cm cinnamon stick
- 1 teaspoon demerara sugar
- 5 grains allspice
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