Beef Stifado

Name: Beef Stifado
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 170 min
Total time: 195 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Greek
Ingredients: 1 kg beef shin or chuck, cut into 4 cm pieces; 800 g small shallots or pearl onions, peeled; 80 ml olive oil; 4 garlic cloves, sliced; 2 tbsp tomato paste; 400 g tinned chopped tomatoes; 250 ml dry red wine; 3 tbsp red wine vinegar; 1 cinnamon stick; 4 whole cloves; 6 allspice berries; 2 bay leaves; 1 tsp sugar; 2 tsp salt; 1 tsp black pepper, ground; 300 ml hot water

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Prep25 min

Cook170 min

Total195 min

A Greek winter stew of beef braised with a mountain of small whole onions in red wine, tomato, vinegar and warm spices — cinnamon, cloves and allspice — until the onions turn sweet and the sauce glossy.

Ingredients

Serves:6

1 kg beef shin or chuck, cut into 4 cm pieces
800 g small shallots or pearl onions, peeled
80 ml olive oil
4 garlic cloves, sliced
2 tbsp tomato paste
400 g tinned chopped tomatoes
250 ml dry red wine
3 tbsp red wine vinegar
1 cinnamon stick
4 whole cloves
6 allspice berries
2 bay leaves
1 tsp sugar
2 tsp salt
1 tsp black pepper, ground
300 ml hot water

Nutrition (estimated)

high confidence

692kcal · per serving

47.6g

Protein

27g

Carbs

39g

Fat

Recipe total: 4154 kcal · P 285.6g · C 162.3g · F 233.9g

Estimated from 16 of 16 ingredients

Approximate estimate, calculated from the ingredients.

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Steps

1
Pat the beef dry and season it with the salt and pepper.
2
Heat half the olive oil in a heavy casserole over high heat and brown the beef in two batches, 5–6 minutes each, until deeply coloured on all sides; lift it out.
3
Lower the heat to medium, add the rest of the oil and the shallots and fry them for 8–10 minutes, shaking the pan, until golden all over; lift them out and set aside.
4
Add the garlic and tomato paste and stir for 1 minute until the paste darkens, then pour in the wine and vinegar and scrape up the browned bits from the bottom.
5
Return the beef with the chopped tomatoes, cinnamon, cloves, allspice, bay leaves, sugar and hot water, bring to a simmer, cover and cook on the lowest heat for 1 hour 30 minutes.
6
Lay the shallots over the meat, cover again and cook for 45–60 minutes more without stirring — just shake the pot — so the onions stay whole, until the beef is tender and the sauce thick and glossy.
7
If the sauce is still thin, uncover it for the last 15 minutes. Fish out the cinnamon stick and bay leaves, rest for 10 minutes and serve.

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Questions and answers

How long does Beef Stifado take to make?

About 195 minutes: 25 min prep and 170 min cooking.

What ingredients do you need for Beef Stifado?

16 ingredients: beef shin or chuck, small shallots or pearl onions, olive oil, garlic cloves, tomato paste, tinned chopped tomatoes, dry red wine, red wine vinegar, cinnamon stick, whole cloves, allspice berries, bay leaves and 4 more.

How many servings does this Beef Stifado recipe make?

6 servings. The servings buttons above the ingredients rescale every amount.

How many calories are in a serving of Beef Stifado?

About 692 kcal, with 47.6 g protein, 27 g carbohydrate and 39 g fat. This is an estimate from the ingredients, not a lab analysis.

Which diets does this Beef Stifado recipe suit?

It is gluten-free.

What cuisine is Beef Stifado?

Beef Stifado comes from Greek cuisine.

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