1 lb ground beef or lamb
3 onions chopped
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup tomato paste diluted in 1
1 cup water or
1 1 can tomatoes drained
1 minced garlic to taste
6 oz red wine
3 tbsp chopped parsley
1 bay leaf
1 salt and pepper
Directions
Saute the onions in the butter and stir in the tomato
paste or can of tomatoes. Add the beef, and remaining
ingrdients and cover and simmer 30 minutes.Serve over
noodles, rice or macaroni.
Servings: 6 servings
Kima # 1: Greek Meat Sauce Recipe brought to you by Recipe Ideas
Categories: Meat; Sauce
The History of Recipes
Transcribed cooking instructions as a concept can be traced back into history, in fact as far as the early Egyptians, and maybe even further. Interesting though that is, in the main part, these early cookbooks were just simple hieroglyphic recipes for preparing meals.
In an interesting twist, the most ancient recipe discovered so far, according to experts in ancient history are a few tablets in Sumerian which recount the preparation of bread which is then used to make a drink, quite possibly a form of beer as it is recorded as making people feel wonderful and blissful. Moving our culinary historical trip onwards, we have some books which appeared in the fourteenth century : a book published under the title `Forme of Cury`, and another, similary titled `Curye on Inglish`. Surprisingly, these are unconnected to the indian food that appears on menues today, but instead descriptions of the types of meals cooked for the rich and wealthy people of the period. Over the next few hundred years, the rich families of the West strove to serve the most extravagent meals, and because of this the best chefs and their collection of recipes increased in prestige. Nevertheless, it wasn`t until the 19th century that fine cookery and recipe publications reached a high level of popularity. Mrs Isabella Beeton in the UK, and Fannie Merritt Farmer in the US, spent years to collecting, testing, and recording recipes to help cooks of their time. When we get to the 1900s, cooking publications were greatly in demand mostly as a result of higher levels of literacy, people having increased leisure time and a general increase in wealth. |
We hope you enjoy this Kima # 1_ Greek Meat Sauce recipe.
