Pampas Beef with Olives

Name: Pampas Beef with Olives
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 2 sprigs thyme; 2 bay leaves; 2 tablespoons chopped parsley; 1 pound button onions; 12 ripe olives, pitted; beurre manié; 1 bottle good red wine; 1 small piece orange peel; salt and freshly ground black pepper; 4 tablespoons olive oil; 4 tablespoons melted butter; 4 tablespoons flour; 2 carrots, sliced; 2 cloves garlic; ½ pound bacon, diced; 12 mushrooms, sliced; 4 pounds lean beef

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Robert Carrier Cookbook

By Robert Carrier

Published 1965

About

Ingredients

4 pounds lean beef
4 tablespoons flour
4 tablespoons

Main course

Method

Cut beef into large cubes; roll them in flour, and brown on all sides in melted butter and olive oil. Transfer to a casserole, and season to taste with salt and freshly ground black pepper.

Sauté diced bacon, garlic, carrots and onions in remaining fat until bacon is crisp and vegetables are golden. Transfer to casserole with meat; add parsley, bay leaves, thyme and orange peel; gradual