Beef Stifado

Beef Stifado is a Greek classic dish made from braised beef with pearl onions and tomatoes. Stifado can also be made with various other meat, not only with beef,  ie. rabbit, lamb or chicken. It is easy to make but it takes a long time to cook :D but the reward is  a nice, juicy melt in your mouth beef. For me it taste better when you cook it one day before you serve it.


In Greece, beef stifado was served with french fries but i believe it will do fine with roast potatoes, mashed potatoes or even rice :-).  

Beef Stifado 
Adapted from Greek Cooking book


Ingredients:
1 Kg Veal
1 Kg Pearl Onions (Rie- i used 500 gr), peel
3 Tbsp Butter
4 Tbsp Vinegar
4 Tomatoes, chopped
4 Cloves garlic, finely chopped
2 Bay leaves
1 Spring rosemary or 1 tsp dried rosemary
1 teacup oil
1 Stick cinnamon
1 Glass dry red wine
Salt & Pepper


Methods:
1. Cut the meat into 5 servings, place in pan with butter and saute. 
2. Add wine.
3. Add Salt, pepper, tomatoes, garlic, bay leaves, rosemary & cinnamon.
4. Place onions in frying pan with oil, saute and then add to the meat.
5. Add the vinegar and as much water as necessary for the meat to cook over low heat for minimum about 1 hour and 30 minutes.