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Beef stifado

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Ingredients:
2 1/2 lbsLean stewing beef
3 tbspButter
1 can(1 lb) small onions
1 tbspBrown sugar
1/2 cupDry white wine
1/2 cupWater
3 tbspTomato paste
1/4 cupRed wine vinegar
1 tspMixed pickling spices
4 Whole cloves
3 Buds garlic, minced
Salt and pepper to taste
1 pack(12 oz) frozen tiny peas
Procedures:
1Serve with pilaff, seasame coated bread, salad w/feta cut meat in 1-inch chunks.
2Melt butter in large frying pan.
3Brown meat.
4Transfer to crockery pot.
5Stir drained onions and brown sugar into frying pan.
6Cook over medium high heat, shaking pan, until glazed.
7Transfer to crockery pot.
8Add wine, water, tomato paste and vinegar to frying pan.
9Stir to loosen drippings.
10Pour over meat and onions.
11Place pickling spices and cloves in a tea ball or cheesecloth bag.
12Add to pot.
13Season with garlic, salt and pepper.
14Cover.
15Cook on low 8 hours.
16Thaw peas.
17Add the last half hour of coking.
18Cook down juices until slightly reduced.
19Serve in ramekins.
20Makes 8 servings.
21Note: pickling spices and red wine vinegar punctuate this greek stew.
22Round out the aegean munu with pilaff, & salad w/feta cheese.