Hey everyone, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, stifado. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
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Stifado is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions daily. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Stifado is something which I’ve loved my entire life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have stifado using 23 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Stifado:
- Make ready Marinade
- Get 3 springs rosemary
- Prepare 2 tsp dried oregano
- Take 125 ml red wine
- Get 2 tbsp wine vinegar
- Make ready 3 cloves garlic, crushed
- Make ready 3 cloves
- Take 1 cinnamon stick
- Make ready Stew
- Get 900 g diced beef
- Get 10 shallots, whole
- Prepare 1 tin tomatoes
- Make ready 2 tbsp tomato purée
- Prepare 300 ml beef stock
- Take 3 bay leaves
- Make ready 4 carrots, 1cm slices
- Make ready 250 g mushrooms, quartered
- Take Dumplins
- Prepare 70 g butter
- Get 225 g self raising flour
- Prepare 1 egg
- Make ready 110 ml milk
- Prepare 4 tbsp chopped chives or parsley
The word "stifado" (στιφάδο in Greek) come from the ancient greek word "τύφος" which means steam. While if you use google translate it will return the word "stew". Even if the meaning is partly correct, stifado is more than just a stew in red sauce. When we in Greece talk about Stifado we mean a stew that is served together with lots of small whole onions the so called.
Steps to make Stifado:
- Mix the marinade ingredients together then add the beef. Leave in the fridge for at least 2 hours
- Fry the whole shallots until they start to colour. Set aside.
- Brown the beef and set aside. You will have to do it in batches to not overcrowd the pan
- Put all the rest of the stew ingredients, including the marinade but not the shallots into the pan and bring to the boil. Add the beef, out the lid on and cook for 1hr at 180oC
- After an hour, stir the stew and add the shallots. Cook for another 30min.
- During this 30min, make the dumplings. Rub the butter and flour together to form breadcrumbs. Beat the egg and add the herbs and milk to it. Add to the milk to form a sticky dough
- When the stew has had its 30min, spoon blobs of dumpling mixture on to, ~2cm apart. You will get around 8-10.
- Put the stew back in the oven with the lid off for 30min
Even if the meaning is partly correct, stifado is more than just a stew in red sauce. When we in Greece talk about Stifado we mean a stew that is served together with lots of small whole onions the so called. To prepare this delicious Greek beef stifado recipe, heat the oil in a saucepan, add the meat (in batches) and sauté, until browned on all sides. Do not add all the meat in the sauce pan, rather sauté in batches, so that the temperature of the oil remains high and the meat is sealed. Recipes Made Easy's Beef Stifado is based on the classic Greek beef stew.
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