Crock Pot Beef Stifado

"Another variation of this lovely Greek stew. I used to make this on the stove-top and in the oven, I have now adapted it for my crock pot. Most time goes into cleaning the small onions and I do this the evening before. If you don't want to be bothered with that substitute a large chopped onion."
 
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Ready In:
8hrs 30mins
Ingredients:
18
Serves:
4-6
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ingredients

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directions

  • Cover the onions with boiled water, stand for 5 minutes, drain, peel and set aside.
  • Dust the beef with the flour.
  • Heat half of the oil in a large frying pan and brown the beef, transfer to the crock pot.
  • Heat the rest of the oil and on a high heat brown the small onions for approx ten minutes.
  • Lower the heat to medium and add the chopped onion and the garlic, fry for another 5 minutes.
  • Now add the rest of the ingredients, mix and warm through then transfer to the crock pot.
  • Cook on low for 6 to 8 hours until tender.

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Reviews

  1. I absolutely love Stifado but wasn't sure if my husband would. I made the recipe but added some fresh plum tomatoes, rosemary and a pinch of nutmeg. As this mixture is very thick I added some beef stock to thin it slightly. I cooked it in the slow cooker on low for 8 hours. It was FAB and my husband loved it..! We had it with cheesy garlic bread. A definite regular for us now.
     
  2. This was incredibly easy to make, but I did not care for it. My boyfriend ate it and said it was "good but different," but I couldn't even eat it. I've never even HEARD of Stifado before so maybe I am just not accustomed to the taste. It was sweet and that's just not how I care for my meat, I suppose. Will not be revisiting.
     
  3. Really disappointing result. After reading the reviews and buying the ingrediants my mouth was watering. I followed the instructions (except adding 500ml extra water) and set my slow cooker to Auto. I left my house sunday morning at 10.30 and turned on the slow cooker. On my return at 14.30 I was greeted with smell of burning. Much to my disappointment in my slow cooker was a dry, black, burned mess. Not sure if the flour had thickened the sauce or maybe the tomato puree. Be very careful if leaving unattended.
     
  4. This is a great dinner. I agree with the other reviewers, a little more liquid would be helpful as it was very thick. Otherwise the flavors were wonderful. Thank you.
     
  5. This was so yummy! Came home from a long day at work as soon as i walked in the door the smell that i was meet with was devine! The only thing that i changed was that i added more water, only because i not to keen on really thick sauces, and i cloud not get hold of any ground clove - so i used mixed all spice. Work great! Will be making again!
     
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Tweaks

  1. Yum! I'd never had this before and made it because it just sounded so interesting. What a pleasant surprise it was! I only made a slight change, using 1/2 tsp of allspice instead of the cloves. I served it over basmati rice. Oh, and I was out of feta cheese, so we skipped that part. I'll be making this at least monthly--if not more often!
     
  2. this was a lovely stew that i put together in the morning and came home to a wonderful dinner. i used allspice instead of cloves ( i pulled out the wrong jar by mistake) and white wine insteaad of red, but it tasted great. i liked mine with feta, dh liked his plain.a salad and a baguette and an easy weeknight meal.
     

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