RECIPE FROM SPAIN:

Beef Amoroso

This Spanish recipe for beef uses "Amoroso" sherry along with various herbs to create a real flavour of Spain. The dish is quite spicy although only fresh herbs are used and is best served with Spanish rice or on a simple salad. Any leftover beef strips also make for unusual but flavoursome Spanish tapas. A rare Spanish beef recipe that can be enjoyed as a hot main meal or as a cold inventive tapas.

You will need:

1kg Beef
8 Tablespoons Oloroso sherry
1 Red bell pepper, diced
1 Small onion, diced
5 Leaves of mint, chopped
2 Sprigs of Rosemary
3 Garlic cloves, sliced
6 Sprigs broadleaf parsley, chopped
Olive oil
Salt
Cracked black pepper

Method

• Cut the beef into inch wide steaks then into half inch wide strips (as if for fajitas)

• In a frying pan, heat some olive oil. Add the beef strips and two rosemary sprigs and fry for 5 minutes. Season well with salt and pepper.

• When the steak begins to brown all over add the garlic, onion and pepper and stir well, cook for a further 5 minutes.

• When the onion has softened add the Oloroso sherry and cook over maximum heat, tossing for 5 minutes.

• Letting the juices bubble and throw in the mint leaves and parsley.

• When the sherry has evaporated remove the beef.

• Serve over fresh salad or rice immediately.

Tip:

For tapas, serve any leftover strips of beef on top of tomatoes or pequillo peppers, drizzle with olive oil and enjoy with bread.

Serves 4

Terracotta Cookware	Granada Ceramics	Bailen Ceramics	Jaen Ceramics