Sofrito

With wine sauce with lots of garlic and lots of parsley. Sofrito is one of the most famous and unique dishes of Corfu. It is made with beef, cooked in a wine sauce with lots of garlic and lots of parsley, and served with rice or mashed potatoes.

PREPARATION

10-13 minutes

COOK

1-2 hours

SERVES

Up to 6 people

INGREDIENTS

1kg of beef
Salt & Pepper
Flour
Olive Oil
8-10 garlic cloves
Bunch of parsley
White wine
Vinegar
Water
Rice or potatoes

METHOD

Cut 1kg of beef into slices. Add salt and pepper and cover with flour. The flour will serve as the basis of the sauce.
Fry the slices of meat in a pan in olive oil until they are golden brown. Take them out of the pan.
Fry in the same pan 8-10 finely chopped cloves of garlic and 1 finely chopped bunch of parsley for 3-4 minutes.
Add 2 glasses of white wine and a little vinegar and with a wooden spoon scrape the bottom of the pan to dissolve the rests of the flour.
Add the slices of meat and a little water and simmer until the meat is tender and the sauce thickens. Be careful because the sauce will start sticking at the bottom of the pan. Scrape carefully with a wooden spoon.
Serve with rice and/or mashed potatoes.

Corfu