STIFADO CASSEROLE
STIFADO CASSEROLE
2013-05-23 16:35:51
Serves 4
A simple and quick to prepare casserole
Prep Time
10 min
Cook Time
2 hr
Total Time
2 hr 10 min
Base Ingredients
- 2-3 beef round steaks
- 2 teaspoons salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
- ½ cup butter
- 2 large or 4 small onions ~ sliced
Sauce Ingredients
- 1 cup red wine
- 1-2 tablespoons sherry
- ½ cup tomato paste
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon beef stock (2 cubes)
- 1-2 cloves garlic crushed
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon or 1 cinnamon stick
Top Layer
- 1 tablespoon sultanas
- Chopped parsley
- 1-2 bay leaves
Instructions
- Trim fat off meat and cut into 1 inch slices.
- Season meat with salt and black pepper.
- Melt butter in fry pan and cook meat until coated with butter, then transfer meat into casserole dish.
- Place onions on top of meat.
- Mix in separate bowl wine, sherry, tomato paste, stock, garlic, sugar and ground cinnamon and pour over meat and onions.
- On top place bay leaf, (cinnamon stick if using instead of ground cinnamon).
- Sprinkle on top layer sultanas and parsley.
- Cook in moderate oven – 180C for 2 hours.
NOTE
- This recipe can also be cooked on stove/firebox top (if you have a cooking fireplace) and great in the crock-pot – NO NEED TO COOK THE MEAT FIRST JUST PUT INGREDIENTS IN ALL TOGETHER SAME ORDER AS RECIPE!!!
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