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Classic Beef Lean Tokany

Tokany comes together with Beef Lean, Pork Shoulder, Onion Chopped, Salt, and Beef Stock. Save it, add the ingredients to your shopping list, and cook it tonight.

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Ingredients

• 1 lb
• 3/4 lb
• 1 cup
• 1 1/2 tbsp
• 1 cup
• 1/2 cup

Method (preview)

1. 1

   Cut up each of the meats in to strips, sized about like french fries, i.e.

2. 2

   Keep the meats in separate bowls.

3. 3

   In a large cocotte or deep skillet, fry the bacon until just golden.

4. 4

   Remove the bacon from the skillet and set aside, but leave the rendered fat in the skillet.

5. 5

   Put the onion in the still hot fat and saute until transparent.

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   If you need a little more oil, add some cooking oil or lard.

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   Before the onions turn golden, add the paprika, the marjoram and the caraway, and immediately add a cup of warm water.

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   Do not allow the spices to fry because the paprika will turn bitter quickly.

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   In a separate heavy, skillet, heat some more oil and start browning the beef.

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    Beef should be top round or flank.)

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    As they are done, transfer them to the skillet containing the onion and spices, which should be at a light simmer.

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    Add more hot water as necessary to keep the meat and onion covered.

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    Let the beef cook an hour before you do the pork.

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    Brown the pork strips and transfer as before, but this time add the tomatoes and pepper strips to the pot after the pork, cover and continue to simmer.

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    Brown the veal and add to the pot after the pork has cooked 1/2 hour.

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    Let cook another 1/2 hour and then test to be sure all the meats are tender.

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    If they are not, simmer until they are.

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    At this point, remove the tokany from the heat and allow it to stand for 5-10 minutes, then degrease the dish with a fat separator.

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    Add the beef stock and bring back to the simmer for 5 minutes.

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    Stir in the bacon strips, remove from heat and allow to stand until lukewarm.

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    While the tokany is cooling, bring the sour cream to room temperature.

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    When the tokany is sufficiently cooled, whip the cream a little in a bowl, then add a half-ladle of the juice to the sour cream and whip it in with a fork.

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    Repeat.

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    Add the cream to the pot and fold it into the liquid.

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    If the liquid is too hot, the cream will curdle.

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    Taste and adjust salt as necessary.

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    Gently reheat to serving temperature and remove to the table, where the meat and gravy are served over galuska, a noodle that is much like German-Austrian spaetzle.

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    You can substitute wide egg noodles with no loss of flavor.