Braised Beef In Red Wine Sauce - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 lbs beef eye round
1/2 cup olive oil
1 medium onion, finely chopped
1 slice thick bacon, chopped
3 tablespoons tomato paste
6 bay leaves
4 whole cloves
1/2 teaspoon crumbled rosemary
1 (750 ml) bottle dry red wine
6 cups low sodium beef broth
1 (1 lb) can italian tomato, drained and chopped
pan fried polenta
spinach, sauteed in
olive oil

Preparation

Season beef (lightly if using salted broth).
Heat oil in large Dutch oven over high heat.
Add beef and brown on all sides, about 15 minutes.
Transfer beef to platter; reduce heat to medium.
Add onion and bacon to pot.
Saute until onion is golden, about 8 minutes.
Mix in tomato paste, bay leaves, cloves and rosemary.
Add wine.
Return meat and any juices.
Cover and simmer 30 minutes, turning meat once.
M ix stock and tomatoes into sauce.
Cover and simmer gently until meat is tender, turning occasionally, about 2 hours and 45 minutes.
Transfer beef to platter.
Cover with foil to keep warm.
Strain sauce through fine sieve, pressing on solids.
Degrease sauce.
Return sauce to pot.
Boil until reduced to 2 cups, about 1 hour.
Add any beef juices from platter.
Cut beef across grain into 1/3 inch slices (can be prepared 1 day ahead. Rewarm gently before serving).
Arrange meat slices on a platter lined with pan-fried polenta and spoon sauce over.
Serve sauteed spinach alongside.