Giouvetsi with ORZO pasta
Ingredients:
1kg beef cut in bite size pieces
2 medium chopped onions
2 medium grated carrots
12 tablespoons tomato paste
200ml red wine
1 cinnamon stick
300g orzo pasta
100g grated feta cheese
Oil to fry
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
Preparation:
- Fry onions and carrots
- Add beef and and fry it on all sides until crusty
- Add tomato paste, wine, glass of water, cinnamon stick and salt and pepper
- Lower the heat and simmer with the lid on for about 1 hour. Meat should be soft and tender.
- Add orzo pasta mix well, place everything on a baking trey, cover with foil and cook in the oven for 40 minutes at 180C
- If you cook giouvetsi in a cast iron pot, skip the previous step, just add orzo pasta, put the lid and bake in the oven fro 40 minutes at 180C.
- Serve with grated feta on the top