Veal Stew Or Beef Or Pork With Olives And Ouzo Food

VEAL STEW

Steps:

• In 5-quart Dutch oven, over medium heat, heat butter and oil. Add veal cubes (half at a time); cook over medium heat until cubes are well browned on all sides.
• As they brown, remove to a bowl. Takes about 15-20 minutes in all.
• Return meat to Dutch oven. Add garlic, marjoram, salt, and pepper, stirring until well blended with meat.
• Sprinkle flour over meat, stirring until well blended.
• Gradually stir in chicken broth; bring to boiling, stirring. Reduce heat; simmer, covered, stirring occasionally, 1 hour.
• Add carrot, celery, and potato; simmer, covered, about 20 to 25 minutes, or until vegetables are almost tender.
• Add frozen peas; simmer, covered, 10 minutes, or until meat and vegetables are tender. Sprinkle with parsley.

VEAL STEW

Steps:

• In a large pot, heat oil over medium heat. Add onions and garlic; cook and stir until onion is tender.
• Add meat to the pot, and brown evenly.
• Stir in tomato sauce and white wine. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, cover and simmer for 1 1/2 hours, or until tender.

OSSOBUCCO

Steps:

• Soak the porcini for at least 15 minutes in 200ml/7fl oz boiling water. Don't remove the membrane that holds the veal together, but trim off any obviously fatty or lumpy bits. Dust both sides of the meat with the seasoned flour.
• Heat the butter and oil in a very large flameproof sauté pan or casserole over a medium-high heat. When the sizzling stops, put in the veal and fry the slices for 2-3 minutes on each side until golden brown. Transfer the meat to a plate.
• Replace the pan over a low to medium heat and tip in the carrot and celery. Gently fry for 5 minutes until the vegetables have slightly softened, then raise the heat and pour in the wine. Bubble the wine furiously for 2 minutes, then remove the pan from the heat.
• Fish the softened porcini out of the soaking liquid, squeeze out the excess moisture and reserve it. Chop the porcini roughly and add to the sauté pan, together with the soaking liquid. Add the sugocasa or passata and stock, then stir.
• Put the veal back into the pan in a single layer, cover and bring to the boil. Immediately reduce the heat and simmer very gently for 2 hours, turning the veal slices halfway, until the meat is very soft. The liquid should reduce to a thickish sauce, but if it's still thin after 1¼ -1½ hours, half remove the lid to allow evaporation. Serve with the grain 'risotto' (see link, right).

BLUEPRINT FOR VEAL STEW

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.
• In an oven proof casserole, heat, until very hot, half of the oil. In small batches brown the veal cubes on all sides. When one batch is done, add more oil if you need to and continue to brown until all the veal is done. Discard the fat in the casserole and replace it with the butter. Add the carrot, onion and celery, cover and simmer 5 minutes or until onions are translucent. Add the white wine and boil down for a minute or until alcohol has evaporated. Return the veal cubes to the casserole with garlic and add just enough broth to barely cover the veal. Bring the liquid to a boil, add the bouquet garni, put a buttered piece of parchment or brown paper on top of the meat, then a lid on the casserole and set in the oven. Cook for 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 hours or until the meat is tender.
• Remove casserole from the oven and strain the contents through a sieve and the liquid into another saucepan; discard bouquet garni. Divide solids into 2 batches. Degrease the liquid and boil it down until reduced to 3 cups. Remove 1 1/2 cups of the liquid and add it to half of the meat. Return the other half of the veal to the remaining liquid. Season with salt and pepper. Thicken with beurre manie if you wish. Serve with rice, polenta or potatoes; garnish with parsley.

VEAL SHOULDER STEW

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Combine flour, salt and pepper in a baggie and add veal, shaking bag to coat veal.Remove veal from baggie and shake off excess flour.
• In a large skillet, melt butter with oil over medium high heat. Add veal in batches and brown on all sides. Transfer veal to large oven proof dish (I used a 3-quart casserole).
• Using string or twine(or unwaxed dental floss works great) tie celery pieces around herb and bay leaf to make a bouquet garni. Add to veal.
• Add tomatoes, onion and garlic to skillet, and cook over medium low heat for 10 minutes or until onion is tender. Pour over veal.
• Dissolve saffron in 1/4 cup of beef broth and then stir into skillet. Add remaining broth and wine to skillet and simmer 5 minutes. Pour over veal.
• Bake covered for 1 1/2 hours.
• Uncover and bake for 1 hour.
• Discard bouquet garni.
• Serve immediately.

CREOLE PORK AND VEAL STEW

Steps:

• Season veal and pork with salt, pepper, and cayenne.
• In a large Dutch oven, heat oil over medium heat.
• When oil is hot, stir flour in gradually.
• Lower heat.
• It is very important that you keep stirring constantly.
• After all of the flour has been combined with the oil, turn the heat down very low and cook until golden brown, still stirring constantly.
• Add seasoned meat to the roux and simmer, uncovered over medium heat, turning occasionally until browned on all sides (15 minutes).
• Add celery, onion, garlic, thyme, and green pepper, and sauté until onion is wilted (5 minutes).
• Add tomato juice and water, and mix well.
• Let cook overlow heat until meat is tender (30 minutes).
• Serve over rice.

VEAL STEW WITH GREEN OLIVES AND POTATOES

Steps:

• Combine first 4 ingredients in 1-gallon resealable plastic bag. Shake to coat veal. Remove veal; shake off excess flour. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add veal; sauté until brown, adding 1 tablespoon oil to skillet as needed, about 5 minutes. Transfer veal to 6-quart slow cooker. Add 1/2 tablespoon oil, then onions and carrots to skillet. Sauté 8 minutes. Add garlic; stir 1 minute. Transfer vegetables to slow cooker.
• Add wine to skillet; boil until reduced by 1/3, about 1 minute. Pour wine over veal. Add next 3 ingredients. Cover and cook until meat is tender, adding more water by 1/4 cupfuls if mixture is dry, about 4 hours. Season with salt and pepper.
• Cook potatoes in large saucepan of boiling salted water until tender, about 15 minutes. Drain. Divide potatoes among 4 bowls. Top with stew. Sprinkle with olives.

VEAL STEW (OR BEEF, OR PORK) WITH OLIVES AND OUZO

Steps:

• Brown meat in butter; add onion, season and pour ouzo over.
• Add basil, capers, tomato juice and paprika to taste.
• Season to taste.
• Add a little water, about 1 cup, and simmer, covered 25 minutes (you may need to add a bit more water near the end).
• Add olives and simmer 5-6 minutes longer.
• Remove onion, puree, and re-add to sauce.

PORK STEW WITH OLIVES AND GREEN BEANS

Steps:

• Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in heavy Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Season pork with salt and pepper. Add pork to pot and cook until brown, stirring occasionally, about 8 minutes. Using slotted spoon, transfer pork to plate. Add remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil to pot. Add onions and sauté until very tender, about 12 minutes. Add garlic and cook 3 minutes. Return pork to pot. Add tomatoes with their juices, low-salt chicken broth, white wine, thyme and oregano. Bring to boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer uncovered until pork is almost tender, about 1 hour. Add olives and continue cooking until pork is very tender and juices are slightly thickened, about 45 minutes.
• Add green beans to stew. Cover and cook over low heat until beans are just tender, about 8 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper and serve.