Corfu's meat and pasta dish (pastitsada)

Name: Corfu's meat and pasta dish (pastitsada)
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 800 g veal or beef, cubed; 2 onions, chopped; 1 tsp paprika; 4 cloves []; 4 pimentos; 2 bay leaves; 2/3 cup oil; 1 cup crushed tomatoes; 2 cups water; salt; pepper; perciatelli/ bucatini; grated kefalotiri or parmesan cheese

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A traditional Corfu dish of meat and pasta.

Recipe by maria_naousa

A traditional Corfu dish of meat and pasta.

Recipe by maria_naousa

Cookpad Greece @cook_8238176

Greece

A traditional Corfu dish of meat and pasta.

Recipe by maria_naousa

A traditional Corfu dish of meat and pasta.

Recipe by maria_naousa

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Ingredients

800 gveal or beef, cubed
2onions, chopped
1 tsppaprika
4 cloves[]
4pimentos
2bay leaves
2/3 cupoil
1 cupcrushed tomatoes
2 cupswater
salt
pepper
perciatelli/ bucatini
grated kefalotiri or parmesan cheese

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Steps

1

Sauté the onions in half of the oil, till soft.
2

Add the meat, and brown well for 4-5 minutes over high temperature.
3

Add the cloves, pimento, bay leaves, paprika, pepper and lastly, the salt. Lower the heat, and add the rest of the oil, the tomato, and the water. Let simmer gently for 1 hour.
4

In the meantime, boil the pasta according to packet instructions.
5

Serve the pasta together with the meat sauce and sprinkle grated cheese generously over it.