Hello everybody, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, greek stew. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
This Greek-style beef stew is filled with potatoes, carrots, onions, tomatoes, and spices. A little red wine and wine vinegar adds additional depth of flavor. Stifado is rooted from the Middle Ages of Italy, where it was originally named stufato which means stew, then brought to Greece by Venetian people. There, it has reached its more or less final form, after receiving various influences from the Turkish and farther Middle-Eastern cuisines.
Greek Stew is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions every day. Greek Stew is something that I have loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have greek stew using 8 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Greek Stew:
- Get 1/2 lb Ground Lamb
- Take 1 Onion
- Take 3 cloves garlic
- Get 1 eggplant
- Get 2 yellow squash
- Take 3 tomatoes
- Get fresh oregano and basil
- Take 1/3 lb Feta cheese
And of course with some crusted bread aside to dig into all this delicious tomato sauce. This Greek vegetable stew consists of artichokes, vegetables such as onions, carrots, potatoes, or peas, various herbs, and lemon juice. The name of the dish is roughly translated as city-style artichokes since it hails from Istanbul, a city that was formerly known as Constantinople, which many Greeks refer to as Polis (the City). Though it is enjoyed all year round, anginares a la Polita is. "On the Greek island of Kalymnos, fishermen make a stew with shellfish, whole fish, lemon, onion and water," says Andrew Zimmern. "They eat it straight from the pot with their hands—no bowls.
Instructions to make Greek Stew:
- Here are the ingredients before cooking.
- Brown the lamb by itself. There will be a lot of fat rendered.
- Remove the lamb from the pan and put it on a paper towel lined bowl.
- Wipe out the pan to get rid of the fat but don't wash the pan. Add the onion and cook for three minutes over medium heat in a couple of teaspoons of olive oil.
- Add garlic and cooked until fragrant (about 1 min). Then add cubed eggplant and squash.
- After the squash and eggplant are browned slightly (about 5 min) add diced tomatoes and about 1/4 c water or stock. (Red wine would be good, too) And 1/2 of the fresh oregano and basil.
- Cover and cook for 5-10 minutes over medium low heat
- Add the ground lamb and cubed feta cheese and reduce sauce by cooking with the lid off for 5 minutes
- Finish the dish with the other half of fresh oregano and basil, salt and pepper, a few red pepper flakes, and a drizzle of your best olive oil. You can serve it over rice or pasta or have it with a couple of slices of crusty French bread to mop up the delicious broth. Enjoy!
The name of the dish is roughly translated as city-style artichokes since it hails from Istanbul, a city that was formerly known as Constantinople, which many Greeks refer to as Polis (the City). Though it is enjoyed all year round, anginares a la Polita is. "On the Greek island of Kalymnos, fishermen make a stew with shellfish, whole fish, lemon, onion and water," says Andrew Zimmern. "They eat it straight from the pot with their hands—no bowls. Stifado or Sti-fa-th-o as it's pronounced in Greek is a truly flavorful meat stew. Cooked in red wine along with shallots and plenty of sweet spices. Stifado - Beef Stew With Shallots This traditional beef stew is originally made with rabbit.
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