Slow Cooked Chilli Beef Topped with Herb Scones

This is a lovely, country style, slow cooked dish, that I love cooking during winter time. It is summer time in Australia, but it's raining and is relatively 'cold' outside, around 22*C. I live in Sydney for 18 years, and this is first summer that temperatures didn't reach/pass 40*C; That's way I decided to cook this winter meal in the middle of summer.

Ingredients:
1 kg gravy beef (or chuck)
2 tbs olive oil
2 onions, chopped
2-3 garlic cloves, chopped
2 tsp cumin, ground
1 tsp paprika
1/2 -1 tsp chilli powder
1 cinnamon stick
800 g can diced tomatoes
1 cup beef stock
salt, pepper to taste
Scones-
1 cup flour
1/4 tsp salt
25 g butter
1 tbs chives, fresh, chopped
1 tsp thyme, chopped
1/4 cup milk
Egg white for brushing and sesame seed for sprinkling (optional)
Method:
Preheat oven to 170*C.
Heat oil in a saucepan (that can be covered and used in oven too), saute onion and garlic. Cut meat into large chunks; add it to pan and cook stirring for 5-6 minutes. Sprinkle cumin and paprika, add other spices; mix well. Pour beef stock, add tomatoes. Cover the pan and place it in the oven. Cook for 2 hours.
Meanwhile make scones-
Rub flour and butter with your fingers, add salt and herbs. Mix well then pour milk; mix dough with a spreading knife, until just combined. Dust bench with flour, place dough on top and roll to 1 cm thickness. Cut scones out (4-5 cm diameter), brush with beaten egg white and sprinkle with sesame seeds.
Finish-
Remove pan from oven, take meat out and shred it with fork. Return it back to sauce, place scones on top and bake (uncovered) for another 20-25 min.



Čili Govedina sa Pogačicama na vrhu

Ovaj recept je 'seljačkog' stila i obično se priprema zimi, jer se dugo krčka. U Australiji je sada ljeto, ali cijelo vrijeme kiša pada. 'Hladno' je - oko 22*C, što ja za mojih 18 godina provedenih ovdje još nisam zapamtila. Obično su ljeta jako vruća sa mnogo dana preko 40*C. Iz tog razloga sam odlučila pripremiti ovo zimsko jelo.

Potrebno:
1 kg govedjeg mesa za raskuhavanje (misici ili od vrata)
2 K maslinovog ulja
2 crvena luka, isjeckana
2-3 cena bijelog luka, isjeckana
2 k kima u prahu
1 k paprike crvene, prah
1/2 - 1 k cili praha (ljuta paprika)
1 stapic cimeta
800 gr (konzerva) paradjza sjecenog
1 solja govedje supe / bujona
so i biber po ukusu
Pogacice-
1 solja brasna (solja = 2,5 dl)
1/4 k soli
25 gr maslaca
1 K vlasca, sjeckanog
1 k timijana / majcine dusice
1/4 solje mlijeka
Bjelance za premazati i sezam za posuti (po zelji)
Nacin:
Ukljucite rernu na 170*C.
Zagrijte ulje u šerpi (koja ima poklopac i može u rernu), proprzite luk. Ubacite meso koje ste isjekli na vece komade, dinstajte 5-6 min. Dodajte zacine, promjesajte pa ubacite bujon i paradajz. Poklopite serpu i stavite je u rernu. Krčkajte 2 sata.
Napravite pogacice-
Izmrvite brasno i maslac prstima, ubacite so i zacinsko bilje. Promijesajte, zalijte mlijekom i nozem (za mazanje) umijesite tijesto; nemojte ga preraditi. Pospite brasno po radnoj povrsini, razvaljajte tijesto na 1 cm debljinu, izrezite pogacice (casom 4-5 cm promjera), premazite ih bjelancem i pospite seamovim sjemenom.
Za zavrsetak-
Izvadite serpu iz rerne, povadite meso, iskidajte ga viljuskom na 'rezance'. Vratite meso u serpu, postavite pogacice po vrhu i smjestite u rernu (ne poklopljeno) na jos 20-25 minuta.

Beef & Kumara Pie, Country Style

From "The Australian Women's Weekly".
It takes long time to cook it, but it's soo worth it.

Crust:
1 1/4 cups flour
50 g butter
1/4 cup water
1 egg, beaten
2 sheets puff pastry
Filling:
700 g Kumara (sweet potato)
1 kg chuck steak, diced
1/4 cup oil
2 medium onions
4 cloves garlic
1/3 cup fresh oregano
1/2 cup plain flour
1/3 cup tomato paste
1 cup red wine, dry
3 cups beef stock

Method:
First make filling, as it takes long to cook -Dice kumara and bake in an oven for 20 minutes. Meanwhile, dice meat and brown it in an oiled pan. Remove meat aside, then cook onions, garlic and oregano. Add flour, cook until lightly browned. Remove from heat, add other ingredients and meat, stir. Return to heat and cook for 1 hour. Cool and add kumara. Filling is ready.
Make dough, roll out and line a 22 cm flan tin. Blind bake 15 minutes with beans or rice, then remove weight and bake for another 10 min. Spoon filling into pastry case. Place one sheet of puff pastry on top, press edges and cut around. Make strips from other sheet of pasty and place them on top, making lattice shape. Brush with egg, and bake for 30 minutes.


Govedina i slatki krompir u tijestu, Seoski nacin

Potrebno:
1 1/4 solja brasna
50 gr putera
1/4 solje vode
1 jaje
2 lista lisnatog tijesta
Punjenje:
700 gr slatkog (narandzastog)krompira
1 kg govedine za dinstanje
1/4 solje ulja
2 srednja crvena luka
4 cena bijelog luka
1/3 solje svjezeg origana
1/2 solje brasna
1/3 solje gustog paradajz pirea
1 solja suhog crvenog vina
3 solje govedje supe

Nacin:
Najprije naprevite punjenje- Izrezite krompir na kocke i pecite ga u rerni 20 minuta.
Zagrijte tavu, nauljite pa proprzite sjeceno meso. Izvadite meso, pa na istu tavu dodajte luk, bijeli luk i origano, proprzite. Dodajte brasno, promijesajte dok ne dobije boju. Dodajte ostale sastojke i meso i kuhajte 1 sat. Prohladite i umijesajte krompir.
Umijesite tijesto, oblozite sa njim posudu za tortu velicine 22cm u precniku. Odrezite visak, pa pecite pritisnuto grahom (preko papira)15 minuta, izbacite grah pa pecite jos 10 minuta. Ubacite punjenje i poklopite sa lisnatim tijestom. Pritisnite prstima krajeve i odrezite visak. Od drugog lista napravite trake, koje cete poloziti preko prvog lista ukrsteno, premazite jajetom i pecite 30 minuta.

Punjenje se moze napraviti dan ranije.