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Carbonada Criolla

Name: Carbonada Criolla
Total time: 120 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Uruguay
Ingredients: 600g Beef; 2 Potato; 1 Sweet potato; 300g Pumpkin; 1 Corn; 1 Onion; 2 Tomato; 1/2 can Peaches (canned); 40g Raisins; 1 Beef Bouillon; 1 tsp Paprika; 1 1/2 tsp Salt; 2 tbsp Vegetable Oil

Main Dish

⏱ 120 min

👥 Serves 6

Difficulty ⭐

Beef and vegetables stewed with fruit such as peaches and pears — a sweet-sour traditional South American stew.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Carbonada criolla is a traditional dish of Uruguay and Argentina: beef is stewed with vegetables such as potatoes, sweet potatoes, pumpkin, and corn plus fruit such as peaches, pears, and raisins. The saltiness of the meat and the sweet-sour fruit come together in a distinctive flavor, and it's sometimes served in a hollowed pumpkin.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On a Uruguayan farm in winter, beef, colorful vegetables, and fruit simmer gently in a big pot as gauchos (cowboys) gather.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 6)

Beef 600g
Potato 2
Sweet potato 1
Pumpkin 300g
Corn 1
Onion 1
Tomato 2
Peaches (canned) 1/2 can
Raisins 40g
Beef Bouillon 1
Paprika 1 tsp
Salt 1 1/2 tsp
Vegetable Oil 2 tbsp

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Heat oil in a pot and fry the bite-size beef and onion.
Add the chopped tomato, paprika, beef bouillon, and 800ml water and simmer 40 minutes.
Add the diced potatoes, sweet potatoes, and pumpkin and the corn in rounds and simmer 20 minutes.
Add the peaches and raisins and simmer 10 minutes.
Season with salt.
Serve in bowls.

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