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Ingredients
24 shallots, peeled and left whole
1/2 cup olive oil or less
4-6 garlic cloves, grated
2 tablespoons red wine vinegar or Balsamic
1 (28oz/794g) canned crushed tomatoes
1 tablespoon tomato paste
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1/2 teaspoon sugar or more
2 bay leaves
4-6 peppercorns
1 cinnamon stick
2-3 whole cloves
salt and pepper to taste
1 and 1/2 cups water
pinch red pepper flakes
Instructions
In a pot, heat the oil over medium heat and add the shallots.
Sauté for 5-10 minutes or until golden and soft.
Remove the onions and set aside.
Brown the beef in two batches in the pot.
Do not add all the beef at once into the pot otherwise it will create too much steam and it will not brown properly. If using a wide pot then add all the beef and brown 5 minutes per side.
Place all of the browned beef back into the pot. Add the garlic and warm through until fragrant and also add the tomato paste. Cook for a few seconds.
Add all of the ingredients except the onions.
Bring to a boil. Reduce to simmer.
Simmer for 1 hour 15 minutes or until the sauce has thickened and the beef is tender.
Check the seasoning and add some more salt if needed.
Add the onions to the pot and shake it a bit so that they can settle in the stew.
Stirring may cause them to fall apart.
Simmer for 30 minutes more.
Serve with rice, hearty bread or mashed potatoes.
Enjoy! Kali orexi!
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A Greek Classic Beef Stew: Stifado made with tender beef and shallots
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This looks like a tasty recipe for one of my favourite dishes. Looking forward to trying this in the near future. Thanks! X
Hi I want to make this stifado but don't want to use whole cloves because I couldn't find them in the cooked dish! Can I use ground? TIA
I have this cooking on the stove right now. Can't wait to try it-it's going to be perfect on this snowy day!
The oregano, cloves and cinnamon are what makes this a Greek or Middle Eastern dish – adding a sachet or bouquet garni would not require picking out the cloves! The procedure and the rest of the ingredients make it just a basic ubiquitous beef-stew. I deglaze with white wine and place it in a low oven
I would chop those onions and go light on the vinegar tomato paste is plenty tart
i was looking for a new beef stew recipe and found this one! made this today, and can heartily recommend it! adding the shallots last so they don't fall apart completely really adds to the overall texture. somehow the sauce ends up really nice and thick even if i don't add a separate binding agent like flour or starch at all, which i usually have to do with tomato based sauces. huge success with my family! thank you!
Do you happen to have a lamb version of a similar stew?
Orange peel
In my country we call it "estofado"
Also nice with some fries on the side… yumm
When i was younger my grandma used to make it with rabbit and i hated it.
Then i went to live in greece for a while and tried it with beef and it was the most delicious stifado i ever had. 😋🇦🇺
Another great interview!! Such bittersweet memories…..🥹
This looks amazing, I would love it for sure 😋 The cinnamon in the tomato sauce is just such a unique and delicious combination.
This recipe is really delicious. The spices blend so well and none of them overpowers the other flavors. This will be a regular at my house. Thanks for the great recipe.
Stifado is better made without browning the beef and far less tomatoes. I has a better lighter flavor. Use plenty of spices and wine. This one is more like Kokinisto, also very good.
I'll be making this for sure but with Yorkshire Puddings and Potatoes roasted in Duck Fat 😋😋😋 without the cinnamon crap 🤮🤮 😉
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I make a similar beef onion stew but with pearl onions, much less tomato, and a touch of cumin only for spice. This stifado recipe with the hot pepper flakes, cinnamon, cloves, and sugar sounds more Persian than Greek.
That looks sooooo good. Yum.
No beef listed …?
Μπράβο Δήμητρα! I will totally agree with the experienced Chef!
I love it❤ simple but so tasty