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Ok, I have wanted to make something like
beef sauce pasta for a while now. It was just yesterday that I actually have an
urge to do it. Why? Because it consume so much time in cooking and also so much
spice goes into it. Without those spices, this beef sauce pasta will not be
good at all. Really.
So what I created yesterday was a type of
Beef stew call,
Beef Goulash Pasta ビーフグーラッシュパスタ
I do not have all the spice required to
make it, so this is just what I actually used.
Fresh pasta
Vegetable Oil
Beef block that is already cut, you buy it
and cut yourselves
Onions 2 ea
Olive oil
Salt
Bay Leaf (just 1 is enough
Stock! You can use Beef or Chicken Stock
for this one. I used a beef stock cube 2ea for it
Tomato paste
Garlic
Sugar
Balsamic vinegar
*Main Spice*
Caraway seeds, you can ground it
Paprika powder (I used smoked Paprika
powder)
Black pepper
Cayenne
Dried thyme leaves
Looks like a lot.. right??? The process of
this thing is rather easy but the preparation is painful. That is why I do not
do it until now. I decided to just.. shop for once!
Start with preparing garlic and onions,
chop them out. Then prepare your meat. My meat is already cut and spice, so meh. If your meat is not spice, add in some salt
and black pepper before cooking.
Set up your pan with normal oil. Then cook
the beef first, make sure that it is cooked. (it will taste better when you put
in the stock).
After finishing it, put the beef in the
pot, normal cooking pot is fine.
Here is the thing about this dish, do not
wash the pan, ever. We will be using the same pan, over and over again because the
smell of the meat and everything is in it.
Cook the onions and add in olive oil in the
same pan until it looks almost cooked (the mid is still white but surrounding
looks a bit brown or transparent) The color should be brown from the beef
previously.
Put those onions in the same pot with the
beef. Do not worry about the oils, just dump them in.
Lastly! In the same pan, toast these spice
on it, careful of the heat though. Do not make it too cooked or burn it.
Caraway seeds, ground it
Paprika powder
Black pepper
Cayenne
Dried thyme leaves
Mix them all in the pan until it looks
pretty good, or smell good.
Then add in the beef stock to the spice,
this way, all the beef, onions, and spices will mix together. The color will
appear a bit red from paprika powder, that is a right one.
Add the stock into the beef pot then start
the heat. You are now done with the pan.
Next, in the pot, add in tomato paste/sauce
(I do not have paste, so I used sauce), garlic, Bay Leaf, Salt and the rest of
the stock if you still have some left.
Start heating the pot with strong heat
until the stock is start boiling. Then lower it down to low heat. Wait for
around 1.5 hours to 2 hours.
Check it time to time for the soup. The
complete version should have some soup left in it. If the water got too low, it
will burn your pot, be careful (I almost burnt my pot) Add in some water if
needed.
Lastly! Just prepare the pasta! I use fresh
pasta （生パスタ） because.. I LIKE IT!!!!
After the pasta, put in the sauce on top
DONE!
Took me forever to do this but the result
is unbelievably delicious. You will know how great it is when you can smell the
pot from far far far away.
