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BLACK TOPSIDE BEEF

Culturs Celebrations! Destination: Colombia -- Black Topside Beef
Black Topside Beef

Servings: 4

Ingredients:
1 Topside beef without fat (1 kilo approx.)
5 cloves garlic, chopped or 3 tablespoons garlic paste
1 white onions finely chopped
1 carrot finely chopped
1 bell pepper finely chopped
2 tablespoons soy sauce
100 gr tablespoons grated panela 1/2 cup red wine, dark beer or Coca-Cola
1 tablespoon of salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper 100 milliliters oil
3 cups beef broth
2 tablespoons plain flour

Preparation

  1. Prepare a mixture of garlic, onion, soy sauce, panela, wine, carrot, bell pepper, salt and pepper.
  2. In a bowl, put the meat and add the mixture to marinate for at least 8 hours. Leave in the fridge.
  3. In a large pot, heat oil and add the meat and seal it until a crust is formed.
  4. Sauté the vegetables and add the sealed meat and cover with the wine and water or beef broth, cook for about 3 hours.
  5. Remove the meat on a plate and set aside for a few minutes.
  6. Dissolve 2 tablespoons of flour in cold water.
  7. In another pot, add another cup of broth and the dissolved flour.
  8. Mix well and simmer until it gets thick with the cooking liquid.
  9. Cut the meat into slices and serve with the sauce.
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About Author

John Liang

John Liang is an Adult Third Culture Kid who grew up in Guatemala, Costa Rica, the United States, Morocco and Egypt before graduating high school. He has a bachelor's degree in languages from Georgetown University and a master's in International Policy Studies from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey. Liang has covered the U.S. military for two decades as a writer and editor for InsideDefense.com, and is also editor-in-chief of Culturs Magazine. He lives in Arlington, Va., U.S.A.

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