Recipe courtesy of Cafe Glechik
Stew Odessa
- Level: Easy
- Yield: 6 servings
- Total: 2 hr 55 min
- Prep: 10 min
- Cook: 2 hr 45 min
Ingredients
1 (3 pound) beef eye round
2 to 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
4 to 5 Spanish onions, chopped
2 cups beef broth
4 bay leaves
6 to 8 large potatoes
20 prunes
3 large cloves garlic, crushed
Chopped dill, to taste
Salt and pepper
1 1/2 pounds puff pastry
Directions
- Trim beef from bones and cut into 3 to 4-inch pieces. To a pot of boiling water, add the beef and boil until no longer pink. Drain.
- Heat oil over medium heat until hot in a Dutch oven or stock pot, add chopped onions and brown evenly. Add the beef, broth, and bay leaves, cover tightly and simmer 2 hours.
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
- Peel the potatoes, cut into 4-inch pieces and fry until golden brown and tender in oil that has been heated to 350 degrees F. Drain on paper towels.
- Cut puff pastry into pieces that will fit over 6 ovenproof bowls. To the bowls, add beef cubes, sauce, prunes, potatoes, garlic, dill, salt and pepper and cover with dough. Bake for 20 minutes, until pastry is golden brown.