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Stifado: Simple Greek Beef Stew

ITH ULTRATENDER BEEF, a wine-and-spice-infused tomato sauce, and a sweet underpinning of braised pearl onions, this (which basically means “stew” in Greek) offers an easy, intriguing take on beef stew. Though there are countless variations (with rabbit or seafood, with or without tomatoes, etc.), the stew always features loads of baby onions and varying amounts of warm spices such as cinnamon, cumin, allspice,

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