📋 Ingredient Notes
To make this COOKING RECIPE you’ll need the following ingredients:
Meat: Veal will be more tender because it’s younger. Beef chuck is widely recommended for its tenderness when slow-cooked.
👉 See ðŸ’FAQs for more cuts you can use in this recipe.
Wine: I recommend using white wine because red wine has tannins which can give a bitter and astringent taste to the stew.
Tomatoes: Both pureed tomatoes and tomato paste are used for the best flavor. Pureed tomatoes can be fresh (make sure they’re very ripe) or canned.
Instead of the beef bouillon and the water, you can use beef stock (or even chicken stock).
Spices: Even if you don’t have some of the spices listed, please make this dish! The most important of them is cinnamon, which has to be used for the signature flavor of kokkinisto.
Paprika and cocoa powder are optional – they’re not traditionally used for Greek beef stew, but they make a delicious twist.