Hello everybody, it’s Louise, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, kokkinisto. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Kokkinisto is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions every day. Kokkinisto is something that I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look fantastic.
Kokkinisto is a way of cooking, and translates as "reddened." It means that the meat is browned before adding to a stew made with a tomato-base sauce, and almost all types of meat can be cooked this way. Favorites are beef, lamb, and rooster. 'Kokkinisto' translates as 'reddened' and is a way of cooking, where the meat is first browned and sealed, to remain juicy and then added to a tomato-based sauce, along with aromatic spices and herbs. Greek beef stew is typically cooked at a relatively low temperature -simmered, not boiled- allowing flavors to mingle.
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have kokkinisto using 13 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Kokkinisto:
- Take 2 x 16oz Fillet steak
- Get 3 sticks celery roughly chopped
- Make ready 1 clove crushed garlic
- Make ready 3 carrots
- Take 1 onion
- Prepare 2 tablespoons dried oregano
- Prepare 300 ml Good quality red wine
- Take 1 Tin chopped tomatoes
- Get 500 ml passata
- Make ready 1 vegetable stock cube crumbled
- Make ready 1 tablespoon sugar
- Get Salt
- Make ready Pepper
It is one of the most traditional Greek dishes, more at home on the family dinner table or in a low-key local eatery than in a fancy tourist restaurant. Kokkinisto-Greek Style Braised Beef in Rich and Spicy Tomato Sauce. The term Kokkinisto, in Greek cuisine, means 'reddened' that is browning the meat to seal in all the juices, before adding the ingredients for the spicy tomato sauce. Kokkinisto may be prepared with beef, chicken or lamb.
Instructions to make Kokkinisto:
- In a pan sauté the onions until soft.Add the red wine and reduce to about a tablespoon.Add the garlic,carrots,celery,oregano and sugar and cook for about 5 minutes.Add tin tomatoes & passata and stock cube.Bring them to the boil then simmer gently.
- After simmering for about 1 hour,sieve the sauce into a clean pan,giving you a clean smooth sauce.Simmer gently and adjust seasoning to taste.
- Oil the fillet steak and season with salt & pepper and sear the beef to your liking.Cover and rest.
- Present the steak on a plate of silky mash potatoes and sliced carrots,Then pour the smooth sweet sauce on top.
Kokkinisto means 'made red' - literally beef stew with tomatoes and red wine. It is a classic Greek recipe and a childhood favourite. The slow cooking tenderises the meat until it is meltingly soft and the rich sauce is fragrant with cinnamon and cloves. Heat oil in a large pot on medium high heat. Brown the beef cubes on all sides and season with salt.
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