Beef And Onions With Cumin

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 1/2 lbs chuck steaks or 1 1/2 lbs beef blade steak
• 12 ounces onions
• 1 tablespoon oil
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 tablespoon plain flour
• 1 1/2 cups beef stock
• 1 clove garlic
• 1 teaspoon cumin
• 1/2 teaspoon marjoram
• 1 tablespoon wine vinegar
• salt & freshly ground black pepper

Recipe

• 1 cut meat across the grain into thin fingerlength strips.
• 2 peel onions, slice crossways and separate into rings.
• 3 put the butter and oil into frying pan.
• 4 add the onion rings and cook covered, over a low heat until transparent.
• 5 turn them over constantly so that they cook evenly, but do not brown- remove from pan.
• 6 increase heat, put strips of meat into pan and brown.
• 7 add onion rings, sprinkle with flour and stir.
• 8 when flour begins to colour, pour in stock.
• 9 add peeled and crushed garlic, cumin, marjoram, wine vinegar, salt and pepper.
• 10 stir well, then cover and simmer for 1 hour over a moderate heat or until tender.