2 lb beef chuck steak -- *
1 bay leaf
1 cup water
1/4 tsp whole allspice
1 salt
6 peppercorns
4 tomatoes -- peeled/1
1 lb/small
14 tsp sugar
1 onion -- medium/quartered
12 to 15 green stuffed olives
1 garlic clove -- large
1 tsp capers
1 tbsp vegetable oil
1 salt
Directions
* Or rump roast (Beef Stewed With Tomatoes) Cut meat in 1" X 1/4"
slices. Place in a large saucepan. Add water and salt to taste. Bring
to a boil; reduce heat. Cover and simmer 1 hour. Combine tomatoes,
onion and garlic in blender or food processor. Blend until pureed.
Heat oil in a medium saucepan. Add tomato puree, bay leaf, allspice,
peppercorns and sugar. Bring to a boil; reduce heat. Simmer uncovered
15 minutes. Add hot tomato puree, olives, capers and salt to taste to
beef. Cover and simmer 1 hour. Uncover and simmer 1/2 hour longer.
Makes 4 to 6 servings. VARIATION: Add 1 large sliced or cubed cooked
potato to meat during last 1/2 hour of cooking time. Ad 3/4 cup
canned or frozen peas during last 7 minutes of cooking. SOURCE:
Mexican Cookery, by Barbara Hansen, c1988
Recipe By :
From: Western Mexican Cookbook
Servings: 4 servings
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Categories: Meat; Mexican; Steak
The History of Recipes
We are able to follow the history of `recipes` way back into history, in fact as far into history as the early Egyptians, and possibly even further than that. Having said that, in the main part, these ancient records were just very simple pictorial, hieroglyphic or cunieform recipes for preparing meals.
As we move on, there were some books dating from the 14th Century : a cookery book entitled `Forme of Cury`, and another, similary entitled `Curye on Inglish`. Perhaps surprisingly, these have no connection with the spicy food that is popular today, but instead recipes for the types of food on the menus of the nobility of that time. By the advent of the 20th century, cookery publications are greatly in demand due to better eduction, more free time and having more disposable income. |
We hope you enjoy this Carne De Res Guisada En Jitomate recipe.
