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Greek Beef Stew (Styfado)

Written by Published on Updated on May 23, 2019 in Dinner, Lunch

This is a classic, popular, melt in your mouth, comfort food, Greek Stew Recipe..:) with beef and onions sautéd in fresh tomatoes and a variety of different herbs and with a dash of tomato paste. As the winter weather is becoming stronger each day, I thought that this stew would be a great idea for today’s dinner.   Simple basically very similar to a one pot cooking recipe, just throw in all the ingredients in a large pot and your done. 🙂 

GREEK BEEF STEW (STYFADO)

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Ingredients
  

  • 1 kilo beef pieces
  • 1 cup Olive Oil
  • 2 Bay Leaves
  • 20 Whole Baby Onions
  • 2 tablespoon Sugar
  • 4 or 5 whole allspice
  • 1 cup Vegetable stock optional
  • Rosemary optional
  • 1 teaspoon Oregano optional
  • 1 Cinnamon stick
  • 4 grated fresh Tomatoes
  • 2 tablespoon Tomato paste
  • 1/2 cup dry Red Wine optional
  • Salt and Pepper

Instructions
 

  • In a large sauce pan add the beef into water and boil for about 20 minutes.
  • In a large separate bowl add the peeled baby onions and set aside for 1/2 hour. Once the onions are ready drain and add into the beef with just enough water to cover both ingredients.
  • Once the meat is ready add in add the ingredients.
  • If you can find this allspice it works much better for this recipe than the powder version. I add sugar into this recipe because tomatoes are out of season this time of year and because some tend to be a bit sour I sweeten up the tomato with the sugar.
  • Simmer for 1 hour on medium heat and cook until beef and onions are tender and soft. I thought I should mention that this recipe can be made in the slow cooker…just through everything in and let it cook for about 4 to 5 hours. 🙂

Welcome to a small corner of my Greek Heritage. Growing up in New York from Greek parents, was a challenge of its own...but the traditional food, tastes and aromas that my mother cooked always travelled me back to Greece. My mother is a wonderful cook, our house would always have that smell of home cooked food. I remember very clearly that we were only allowed fast food, once a week, that was a huge day for myself and my brother. Jumping up and down in the back car seat, laughing, just being kids. It is true that we all like to eat different foods, taste, smell, even try food that looks different than our regular meals at home and I think that is so natural. In my teens, I was not really into cooking, I enjoyed my magazines after school, listening to music, and just taking a breather. There were times that I would glance at some of my mom's recipes, more out of curiosity than to actually try to cook them. At that time I did not realise that cooking would become my passion one day. Slowly, I would start to look into my mom's recipes a bit more each day and I started to find it interesting as a hobby. Each month I would go into our neighborhood bookstore and pick up my monthly book, until one day I decided to stroll over into the cooking section. That summer was the first time I actually bought a cooking magazine....and I loved it. Cooking and baking started out as a hobby, but now after many years it is my passion. Exploring the cuisines, the spices, the oils, the scents, the variety of smells and tastes that exist. It was and still is an amazing journey without limits. So, come along with me on this adventure, and I hope you enjoy my recipes. Sophie

16 Comments

  1. Linda @thedutchbaker
    December 20, 2017 at 12:23 pm  ·  Reply

    Sounds amazing! yummm <3

  2. foodzesty
    December 20, 2017 at 2:47 pm  ·  Reply

    Thank you Ben….for some reason I am not able to see your site :(…I have tried to follow you again but its just impossible….Is there any other way I can because I like your site and I find it very uplifting. Can you let me know how else I can follow you

  3. mistimaan
    December 20, 2017 at 5:00 pm  ·  Reply

    Looks too tasty.

  4. Karin, theaustriandish
    December 20, 2017 at 5:57 pm  ·  Reply

    Simple and tasty – I love these kind of dishes 🙂 Thanks for sharing, Sophie 🙂

  5. dtills
    December 21, 2017 at 2:06 am  ·  Reply

    Looks perfect for the cool weather Sophie 🙂 I am making a pulled pork in the slow cooker for dinner tomorrow after Ryan and I get back from climbing!

  6. Vero and Canito in the kitchen
    December 21, 2017 at 4:12 am  ·  Reply

    Hello Sophie! Really nice stew! I love it. It is kind of our culture. Many types of stew or goulash (more or less similar thing 🙂 ) Great for winter dinner! <3

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