Beef Stifado - iCookGreek

Ingredients

• beef: 1½ k, rump, cut into large chunks
• baby onions: 1½ k, peeled, whole
• garlic: 3-4 cloves, finely chopped
• tinned plum tomatoes: 600 g, diced
• tomato paste: 1 tbsp
• olive oil: 1 teacup
• cloves: 5
• black peppercorn: 5-6 grains
• cinnamon: 1 stick
• salt
• pepper
• For the marinade
• garlic: 2 cloves, finely chopped
• bay leaves: 3, cracked
• vinegar: ¼ teacup
• wine: 370ml, Mavrodaphne (a Greek sweet red wine)
• onion: 1, coarsely grated