Sensational Beef Stifado a Pleasant Surprise from Cyprus | Compass & Fork

Ingredients

• 2 lb stewing beef (cut into large pieces, sub with mushrooms or rabbit)
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 2 lb onion, salad (red) (quartered)
• 3 tbsp tomato paste
• 43.5 ozs tomatoes, canned, chopped (3 X 14.5 oz (400 gram) cans)
• 1 tbsp juniper berries (or pimentos)
• 1 tsp cloves, ground
• 1 tsp fennel seeds
• 1 tsp salt, ground sea
• 5 cloves garlic
• 3 bay leaf (torn)
• 1 cinnamon, stick (quill)
• 2 star anise
• 1 tsp black pepper, ground
• 1 cup dry red wine
• 3 tbsp red wine vinegar