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Beef w/Chestnuts, Pears & Almonds




Source of Recipe


Jodhi/EDC


Recipe Link: http://messageboards.ivillage.com/n/mb/message.asp?webtag=iv-fdcooking&msg=9005.2

List of Ingredients




your favorite cut of beef, roasted
2 tablespoons olive oil
3 tomatoes, peeled, deseeded and chopped
1 clove garlic
1/4 cup stale bread
1/2 cup ground almonds
1 cup pint dry white wine
1 cup chestnuts, peeled and chopped
3 pears, poached in red wine

Recipe



Heat the oil in a heavy pan and fry the tomatoes until soft.

Grind together the garlic and bread in a mortar and pestle, and add to the tomatoes with the ground almonds. Pour in the white wine, stir and reduce to the consistency of thick gravy. Add the chestnuts.

Core and roughly chop the pears, add to the pan and heat through.

Serve with the beef.