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Picadillo con alcaparras (picadillo with cape

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Categories: Entrees, Spanish, Western European
Yield: 6
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Ingredients:
1/4 cupOlive oil
2 lbsGround beef
-- (chuck or top round)
1 smallOnion, finely chopped
1 largeRipe tomato, peeled, seeded
-- and finely chopped
1 Garlic clove, minced
1 Bay leaf
1 tspCrushed oregano
3 ozBottled capers
8 Pimiento-stuffed olives
2 tbspWine vinegar
3 tbspTomato sauce
1/4 cupBurgandy wine
2 dropHot sauce (more to taste)
1/2 tspBrown sugar
1 dashNutmeg
1/4 cupWater
Salt if needed
Procedures:
1Use a large skillet with cover.
2Heat olive oil and brown beef in hot oil until red of meat disappears.
3Combine onion, green pepper, tomato, garlic, bay leaf, crushed oregano, and capers.
4Add to meat in skillet.
5Mix well and cook covered for about 10 minutes on moderate heat.
6Cut olives into thin rounds.
7Add to the meat mixture together with the vinegar, tomato sauce, burgandy wine, hot sauce, sugar, and nutmeg.
8Stir well and cook 5 minutes, uncovered.
9Now add the water and mix well.
10Correct seasoning.
11If salt is needed, add it at this point (the salt released from the olives may be sufficient for your taste).
12Cover the skillet and cook at low heat for approximately 30 minutes, or until most of the liquid is absorbed.
13If the liquid is not absorbed sufficiently at the end of 30 minutes, cook uncovered until liquid evaporates.
14Serve over long grain white rice and ripe fried plantains if available.
 
 
 
 

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