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Dalmatinska pasticada
Dalmatinska pasticada is a stewed beef dish cooked in special sauce originates in Dalmatia. It requires long and meticulous preparation, which includes marinating the beef in vinegar, lemon and rosemary for at least 24 hours. The marinated beef is cooked with carrots, cloves, nutmeg, red wine and others condiments.
INGREDIENTS:
750 g lean beef without bones - smoked bacon - some cloves - 3 garlic cloves - vinegar - flour - 2 tbs. grease - 1 onion - broth of water 1 tsp. tomato paste - 1 glass of "Prosek" (desert wine) or red wine - 1-2 sugar cubes - salt and pepper
PREPARATION:
Wash the beef (use only leg parts) and lard it with pieces of smoked beacon, some clove, and garlic (tiny sliced). Evenly marinate the meat for one night or one day in vinegar (turning several times). Next take the meat from the marinade, drain well, and coat in flour. Separately hat two tbs. of grease, and add the meat and the whole onions. Brown the meat on all sides adding the water/broth little by little and let stew, covered. Stir in tomato paste. Next add 1 glass of Prosek or good red wine, and add 1-2 sugar cubes simmering for 3 hours over low heat until the meat is tender and can be cut into thin slices. Pass the sauce through a sieve, and add salt and pepper to taste, and pour over the meat, simmering another half hour over light heat. Serve with pasta and grated cheese.