braised beef

Ingredients for 4 servings:

• 250 g bacon, streaky smoked
• olive oil
• 1 kg roast beef
• 2 onions
• Flour
• Salt
• 1 bay leaf
• ¾ liter red wine
• 2 carnations
• 1 sprig(s) of thyme
• 4 cloves garlic
• 2 tomatoes
• 2 carrots
• 1 handful of olives, pitted black
• 1 bunch of parsley

Instructions

Working time approx. 30 minutes; Total time approx. 30 minutes

Beef with etouffee

Fry the diced bacon in olive oil until crispy, then remove. Brown the meat and the skinned and sliced ​​onions in the bacon oil until golden brown on all sides. Dust with flour and deglaze with the wine and 1 cup of water. Season with salt and pepper. Add the crumbled bay leaf, cloves, thyme, peeled and finely chopped garlic cloves, the peeled and quartered tomatoes, the scraped and sliced ​​carrots, the chopped olives, and the fried bacon cubes. Cover and simmer over low heat for about 3 hours. Remove the meat and slice it. Pour the sauce over the meat and sprinkle with the washed and chopped parsley.