Veal Stew Or Beef Or Pork With Olives And Ouzo Recipes

Steps:

• In a large pot, heat oil over medium heat. Add onions and garlic; cook and stir until onion is tender.
• Add meat to the pot, and brown evenly.
• Stir in tomato sauce and white wine. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, cover and simmer for 1 1/2 hours, or until tender.

Steps:

• Combine beef in dutch oven with water, salt, herbs and cloves.
• Cover and simmer for one hour 15 minutes, skimming occassionaly.
• Add onions, carrots, celery and cook until vegetables are tender.
• Drain and measure stock and make up to or cook down to 2 cups.
• Discard cloves.
• Melt butter in skillet, add flour and blend. Add stock slowly, cooking gently until mixture boils and thickens.
• Pour over meat and vegetables.
• Sprinkle with parsley.
• Serve with hot noodles or rice.

Steps:

• Brown meat in butter; add onion, season and pour ouzo over.
• Add basil, capers, tomato juice and paprika to taste.
• Season to taste.
• Add a little water, about 1 cup, and simmer, covered 25 minutes (you may need to add a bit more water near the end).
• Add olives and simmer 5-6 minutes longer.
• Remove onion, puree, and re-add to sauce.

Steps:

• Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in heavy Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Season pork with salt and pepper. Add pork to pot and cook until brown, stirring occasionally, about 8 minutes. Using slotted spoon, transfer pork to plate. Add remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil to pot. Add onions and sauté until very tender, about 12 minutes. Add garlic and cook 3 minutes. Return pork to pot. Add tomatoes with their juices, low-salt chicken broth, white wine, thyme and oregano. Bring to boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer uncovered until pork is almost tender, about 1 hour. Add olives and continue cooking until pork is very tender and juices are slightly thickened, about 45 minutes.
• Add green beans to stew. Cover and cook over low heat until beans are just tender, about 8 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper and serve.

Steps:

• Combine first 4 ingredients in 1-gallon resealable plastic bag. Shake to coat veal. Remove veal; shake off excess flour. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add veal; sauté until brown, adding 1 tablespoon oil to skillet as needed, about 5 minutes. Transfer veal to 6-quart slow cooker. Add 1/2 tablespoon oil, then onions and carrots to skillet. Sauté 8 minutes. Add garlic; stir 1 minute. Transfer vegetables to slow cooker.
• Add wine to skillet; boil until reduced by 1/3, about 1 minute. Pour wine over veal. Add next 3 ingredients. Cover and cook until meat is tender, adding more water by 1/4 cupfuls if mixture is dry, about 4 hours. Season with salt and pepper.
• Cook potatoes in large saucepan of boiling salted water until tender, about 15 minutes. Drain. Divide potatoes among 4 bowls. Top with stew. Sprinkle with olives.