Hello everybody, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, stifatho. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Stifatho is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Stifatho is something that I have loved my whole life.
Stifado is rooted from the Middle Ages of Italy, where it was originally named stufato which means stew, then brought to Greece by Venetian people. There, it has reached its more or less final form, after receiving various influences from the Turkish and farther Middle-Eastern cuisines. The following recipe is one of the traditional greek recipes that need to not be forgotten. The characteristic ingredient for this one is the shallot onion and its name…"Stifado" Stifado - Traditional Beef Stew With Shallots Stifado or Sti-fa-th-o as it's pronounced in Greek is a truly flavorful meat stew.
To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have stifatho using 14 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Stifatho:
- Prepare 1 kg steak meat
- Take 30 grams butter
- Prepare 2 clove garlic, crushed
- Prepare 2 small onions. chopped
- Make ready 6 cm piece orange rind
- Make ready 410 grams can of tomatoes
- Make ready 1/2 cup dry red wine, not cooking wine
- Take 1/4 tsp cinnamon
- Take 2 tbsp white vinegar
- Take 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
- Prepare 1 tsp sugar
- Prepare 1/2 cup water
- Prepare 1 tbsp olive oil
- Prepare 500 grams baby onions ,peeled
Heat half of the butter and half of the first tablespoon of olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Brown half of the beef cubes on all sides, and place into a large saucepan. Repeat with the remaining butter, olive oil, and beef. (στιφάδο, στυφάδο, Stifatho) Stifado is a hearty Greek one-pot stew that is ideal for a cold winter's day. Although the ingredients vary from region to region and from cook to cook, the essential ones are large amounts of onions, tomatoes, wine or vinegar, and sometimes garlic.
Steps to make Stifatho:
- Cut the steak into 2 cm pieces,heat half the butter and half of the oil in pan .Brown off the meat,remive from pan
- Add chopped onions .the garlic and the orange rind cook until onion is soft. Stir in the all other ingredients except extra spoon olive oil and baby onions.Simmer ,covered for an hour.
- In the meantime heat the extra spoonful of oil, add peeled baby onions in a pan.cool until well browned all over. Add onions to steak mixture, simmer covered for 20 minutes until steak and onions well tender.Remove lid and simmer for another 10-15 minutes until thickened slightly. Romove the orange rind before serving .
- Serve over rice or with new potatoes.
- Serves 4-6 people
Repeat with the remaining butter, olive oil, and beef. (στιφάδο, στυφάδο, Stifatho) Stifado is a hearty Greek one-pot stew that is ideal for a cold winter's day. Although the ingredients vary from region to region and from cook to cook, the essential ones are large amounts of onions, tomatoes, wine or vinegar, and sometimes garlic. You'll most likely be amazed at how versatile Greek cuisine is. It's not all about salads and feta cheese. This typically holiday-centric cuisine has so much going for it once the tourists are gone for the summer: Greek winter food.
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