Roast Beef with Tomato Paste (Canga fil-forn)
 
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A pot roast beef cooked for 3.5 hours in the oven at 150oC. Incredibly tender.
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Cuisine: Maltese
Ingredients
  • 1.5 kg roasting joint of beef
  • 1 onion chopped
  • 1 bulb of garlic, skin peeled and slightly crushed
  • 2 carrots diced
  • 1 celery stick diced
  • 1 bunch fresh thyme
  • 250 ml beef stock
  • 100 ml red wine
  • 2 tablespoons tomato paste
  • Olive oil
  • Salt and pepper
Instructions
  1. Season the beef with salt and pepper.
  2. In a large roasting dish (which has a lid) seal the beef by frying lightly on all sides with some olive oil. Set aside.
  3. In the same dish add a little more olive oil and fry the onion for 10 minutes or until brown.
  4. Add in the garlic and small bunch of thyme and fry for a minute.
  5. Add the carrots and celery and fry for a further ten minutes.
  6. While the carrots and celery are frying, mix together the stock, wine and tomato paste.
  7. Preheat the oven to 150oC.
  8. Once the carrots and celery have been fried add in the liquid mixture.
  9. Bring to a boil and then remove from the stove top.
  10. Spread some more oil on the beef joint and season a little. Add into the dish. Cover with the lid.
  11. Place in the oven and cook for 3.5 hours (adjust time if using a smaller or larger piece of meat).
  12. Once the beef has been cooked, remove from the oven and let sit for ten minutes before serving.
  13. Serve with roast vegetables and possibly some green beans.
Recipe by A Maltese Mouthful at https://www.amaltesemouthful.com/roast-beef-with-tomato-paste-canga-fil-forn/