Recipe - Hungarian Beef Stew Goulash

8 sl Bacon, chopped
2 lg Onions, thinly cut or sliced up , about
1 One half cups
1 tablespoon Chopped garlic
2 pound Beef shank or chuck, cut
into stew meat
Salt and pepper
3 tablespoon Hot Hungarian paprika
1 teaspoon Ground marjoram
1 teaspoon Lemon zest
One fourth cup White wine vinegar
One half cup White wine
1 cup Tomato puree
2 cup Beef broth
1 cup Diced potatoes

In the bottom of a heavy casserole saute the chopped bacon to render the
fat. Add the onion to the bacon fat and brown until golden. Stir in the
garlic but do not burn. Quickly add the beef in one la yer, season with
salt and pepper and brown all sides well.

Sprinkle the paprika, marjoram and lemon zest in and quickly stir to coat
the meat evenly.

Add vinegar and wine and cook until nearly dry.

Add the tomato and broth, bring to a boil quickly before lowering the heat
to a simmer and cook gently for 45 minutes. Add the potatoes. Continue to
cook for an additional 20 minutes before serving w ith buttered noodles.

From Michael's Place Show #ML1A31

Recipe by: Michael Lomonaco Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #550 by "Master
Harper Gaellon" gaellon@inch.com on Apr 4, 1997