Savoury Beef

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 onions, sliced
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 lbs boneless beef chuck, cut into â¾ inch cubes
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 6 tablespoons red wine vinegar
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/2 teaspoon turmeric
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 6 bay leaves
• 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 2 cups beef stock
• 1 tablespoon tomato paste

Recipe

• 1 in a large, heavy saucepan, cook the onions in the oil over moderate heat, stirring, until golden.
• 2 add the beef, salt, pepper and 3 tblsps of the vinegar.
• 3 cook over moderate-high heat, stirring, for 12-15 minutes, or until the beef is nicely browned.
• 4 add the cumin, turmeric, garlic and bay leaves, and cook, stirring, for 30 seconds.
• 5 in a small bowl, whisk the remaining 3 tblsps vinegar and the flour; whisk in â½ cup of the broth into this mixture.
• 6 add the flour mixture to the beef.
• 7 add the remaining 1 â½ cups broth and tomato paste.
• 8 bring to a boil, stirring constantly, and simmer, stirring and adding more water if necessary to prevent sticking.
• 9 cook for 30 minutes, or until beef is tender.