Beef Stifado

Total Time: 8 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 8 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 3 lbs lean stewing beef, cut into 1 1/2 inch cubes
• salt and pepper
• 1/2 cup butter, melted
• 2 1/2 lbs onions, small,peeled
• 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
• 1/2 cup red table wine
• 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 1 clove garlic, pressed
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 piece cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon cumin
• 1/2 teaspoon whole cloves
• 2 tablespoons raisins

Recipe

• 1 season the beef with salt and pepper.
• 2 place butter in the bottom of a large crockpot.
• 3 add the meat and turn to coat with butter.
• 4 arrange the onions over the meat.
• 5 mix the tomato paste through the garlic, and pour over the meat and onions, but do not stir.
• 6 add the bay leaf through the raisins; do not stir.
• 7 simmer on low 8-10 hours.
• 8 at serving time, remove the bay leaf, cinnamon stick and cloves and stir the stifado gently to blend.