June 17, 2019
Beef
Have you ever wondered how some stews have this melt in the mouth texture while others taste like chewing rubber? It’s all about choosing the right cut and cooking it the right way. For a Greek beef stifado you need to choose large cuts of good quality stewing beef or even better veal, which, when cooked for a long time, become fork tender. When cooking Greek beef stifado, the meat is first browned and sealed to keep it nice and juicy, then added to a tomato based sauce along with caramelised baby shallots and aromatic spices,and herbs, and cooked at a low temperature. This is the secret to achieve the melt in the mouth texture, that will make your beef stew just perfect! Let your beef stifado simmer for a few hours to allow its flavours to mingle into something much more.