Beef with Orzo Casserole (Giouvetsi)
Author/ Συγγραφέας: Katerina
Recipe type/ Τύπος Πιάτου: Main Course
Cuisine/ Κουζίνα: Greek
Serves: 4
- 1 kilo / 2 lb. beef in chunks
- ⅔ cup orzo
- 2 carrots, sliced
- 2 onions, chopped
- 400 gr. / 14 oz. tomato sauce
- 1 can beer
- Salt and pepper
- ½ tsp nutmeg
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- ½ tsp ground cloves
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 2 bay leaves
- ⅔ cup water
- Olive oil to sauté the beef
- In your pressure cooker pour the olive oil and sauté in high heat the onion for couple of minutes.
- Add the beef and sauté until it become pale.
- Add the onions, the tomato juice, the beer, salt and pepper and all the spices, sugar and bay leaves.
- Close the lid and follow manufacturer’s instructions.
- In my pressure cook it took 1 ½ hour for the beef to become soft.
- Preheat oven to 200° C / 400° F.
- Take a deep pan or, if you have, a clay pot.
- Add the ⅔ of cup orzo and on top of that the meat with its juices.
- Add the water and mix.
- Place in the oven for about ½ an hour or until the orzo is ready.
- After 15 to 20 minutes check it out it may need some more water.
- Add ¼ of a cup and check again until orzo is done and there are still some juices in the pot.
- Remove from the oven let it cool for 5 minutes and serve.
Recipe by Culinary Flavors at https://www.culinaryflavors.gr/beef-with-orzo-casserole-giouvetsi/
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