Get the exact recipe here: https://www.dimitrasdishes.com/stifado-greek-beef-stew-with-shallots/
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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Tried it in Crete 1994 and still remember the taste.
One of my favourite dishes ❤
Making this right now with Red Wine, and a mix of beef and venison.
My favorite dish.
I'm from Bangladesh I really like your recepy very nice
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perfectly done … ❤
Perfection! and greetings from Houston TX! 🇺🇲🇬🇷😎🍾
I'm from Poland, this is my fav Greek food, I'm doing this by mysalf, bud I'm not doing it with water, but a glass of red wine. That's super delicious. Take care, hugs from Poland.
Delicious! Please marry me
How many pounds of meat?
Yummy
Balsamic vinegar ? IN STIFADO ????
Delicious! Absolutely love it, thank you!
Thank you for including the recipe in the description box!
This is my favourite food of all time, i absolutely love Stifado and cook it for my family on a regular basis.
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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"