Braised Beef In Red Sauce

Total Time: 5 hrs 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 5 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 3 lbs beef eye round
• 1/2 cup olive oil
• 1 medium onion, finely chopped
• 1 slice thick bacon, chopped
• 3 tablespoons tomato paste
• 6 bay leaves
• 4 whole cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon crumbled rosemary
• 1 (750 ml) bottle dry red
• 6 cups low sodium beef broth
• 1 (1 lb) can italian tomato, drained and chopped
• pan fried polenta
• spinach, sauteed in
• olive oil

Recipe

• 1 season beef (lightly if using salted broth).
• 2 heat oil in large dutch oven over high heat.
• 3 add beef and brown on all sides, about 15 minutes.
• 4 transfer beef to platter; reduce heat to medium.
• 5 add onion and bacon to pot.
• 6 sauté until onion is golden, about 8 minutes.
• 7 mix in tomato paste, bay leaves, cloves and rosemary.
• 8 add .
• 9 return meat and any juices.
• 10 cover and simmer 30 minutes, turning meat once.
• 11 m ix stock and tomatoes into sauce.
• 12 cover and simmer gently until meat is tender, turning occasionally, about 2 hours and 45 minutes.
• 13 transfer beef to platter.
• 14 cover with foil to keep warm.
• 15 strain sauce through fine sieve, pressing on solids.
• 16 degrease sauce.
• 17 return sauce to pot.
• 18 boil until reduced to 2 cups, about 1 hour.
• 19 add any beef juices from platter.
• 20 cut beef across grain into 1/3 inch slices (can be prepared 1 day ahead. rewarm gently before serving).
• 21 arrange meat slices on a platter lined with pan-fried polenta and spoon sauce over.
• 22 serve sautéed spinach alongside.