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Stifado is a Cypriot beef stew with onions, usually served with bulgar pilaf (recipe is also on Forkd!).
Ingredients
Makes 6 servings
- 2 lb braising steak
- 2 oz butter
- 1 medium onion, finely chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, crushed
- 250 ml pureed tomatoes (not paste)
- 150 ml red wine
- 2 tbsp wine vinegar
- 1 bay leaf
- 2 sticks of cinnamon bark
- 5 whole cloves
- 1 tsp sugar
- salt and black pepper
- 1.5 lb button onions, peeled or 5 small onions, cut into wedges through the root end so that the stay together.
- 2 tbsp currants (optional)
Preparation
Preheat oven to 160C.
Cut beef into 1.5" cubes. Brown in batches in half of the butter, and transfer into an oven-proof casserole dish.
Add the chopped onion, garlic and remaining butter to the pan and cook until soft. Deglaze with the wine, and add to the casserole with the tomato puree and vinegar.
Add bay leaf, spices and sugar, then season to taste. Cover and cook in the oven for about an hour.
Add the baby onions or onion wedges, and the currants if using, and cook for a further hour to 90 minutes until the meat is tender and the onions are well cooked.
Remove the whole spices and bay leaf if you can find them, then serve with bulgar pilaf or mashed potatoes.
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Would love to see a photo ... then again I guess we can make it and take our own
Sorry - I always forget to photograph this - must try to do that before we eat it all next time!
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