Ingredients

• 1,5 kg beef, cut in cubes
• 2 fresh tomatoes, mashed
• 4 spoons tomato paste
• 1/2 cinnamon stick
• 4 cloves
• 2 garlic cloves, cut in small pieces
• 1 tspn pinch of pimento
• 1 spoon sweet paprika
• 1 spoon sugar
• Salt
• Black pepper
• 8 spoons olive oil
• 1 onion, diced
• 1/2 glass of red wine
• 1/2 glass of water
• 1/4 glass of chicken stock (optional: You can use equivalent portion of water instead)

Instructions

• Bring the beef pieces to a boil and remove froth. Remove from heat and wash.
• Season the meat pieces with salt and pepper.
• Brown the meat on all size in heated olive oil.
• Add the diced onion and let it roast.
• Finish roasting with wine.
• Add the tomato mash, the tomato paste, the garlic pieces and the seasonings and let the meat simmer for at least 2,5 hour. You can boil it for 30 minutes in the pressure cooker to speed up the4 process but still you will need to simmer it for at least 1,5 for most of the juice to evaporate the the sauce to thicken.
• The meat should be tender and the sauce thick.
• During the cooking process check regularly and if needed add more water if there is not enough liquid.