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Pašticada-inspired beef stew – Dalmatian festive dish | NordMad
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Pašticada-inspired beef stew – Dalmatian festive dish | NordMad

Slow-braised beef in a sweet-and-sour sauce with prunes, wine and spices. Inspired by Dalmatian pašticada — Croatia's most festive dish.

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225 min total
6 servings
Medium

Ingredients

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  • 2.2 lb beef roast (one whole piece for braising)
  • about 0.4 cup red wine vinegar
  • about 0.8 cup red wine
  • 3.5 oz pitted prunes
  • 3 stk onions, roughly chopped
  • 2 stk carrots, sliced
  • 3.5 oz bacon, diced
  • 2 tbsp tomato paste
  • 4 stk whole cloves
  • 2 stk bay leaves
  • ½ tsp nutmeg, grated
  • 0 Salt to taste

Instructions

  1. 1

    Marinate the beef

    1. Stud the beef with cloves and make small incisions. Marinate in red wine vinegar overnight in the fridge.
  2. 2

    Brown, transfer to the oven and braise

    1. Lift the meat and pat it dry. Cook the bacon in a pot until it renders fat. Brown the meat on all sides in the bacon fat, and season lightly with salt. Cook the onion and carrots in the same pot.
    2. Add tomato paste, red wine, prunes, marinade, bay leaves and nutmeg. Return the beef, cover, and place the pot in the oven. Braise at 160 °C for about 3 hours.
    160 °C
  3. 3

    Serve

    1. Slice the beef and serve with the sauce and gnocchi or homemade pasta.

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  • • Start the marinade the night before — the time makes all the difference for the sweet-sour balance.

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