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Ingredients

• ✓ top round
• olive oil
• sweet onion
• celery
• carrot
• crimini mushroom
• garlic
• red wine
• tomato
• red potato
• basil
• thyme
• marjoram
• sage
• beef stock
• tomato sauce

Instructions

1. 1 Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook beef in batches in hot oil until browned completely, about 5 minutes per batch. Remove browned beef cubes to a plate lined with paper towels, keeping skillet over heat and retaining the beef drippings.
2. 2 Cook and stir onion, celery, and carrots in the retained beef drippings until just softened, 2 to 3 minutes. Stir mushrooms and garlic into the onion mixture.
3. 3 Pour red wine into the pan; bring to a boil while scraping the browned bits of food off the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon. Continue cooking the mixture until the wine evaporates, 7 to 10 minutes. Stir tomatoes into the mixture.
4. 4 Return beef to skillet with potatoes, basil, thyme, marjoram, and sage. Pour beef stock and tomato sauce over the mixture. Bring the liquid to a simmer.
5. 5 Reduce heat to low and simmer until the beef is very tender and the sauce is thick, 4 to 6 hours.

By Karen Barris Calabro

Ingredients

• ✓ top round
• meat tenderizer
• vegetable oil
• lemon juice
• seasoning salt
• lemon pepper
• garlic
• parsley
• tarragon vinegar

Instructions

1. 1 Score top and bottom of meat with a 1 1/2 inch square pattern, and score the side. Sprinkle meat liberally with unseasoned meat tenderizer, then pierce with fork 1/8 inch apart and at least half-way through the meat on both sides. Sprinkle lightly with water, and rub in tenderizer. Place on a plate, cover, and set aside for an hour.
2. 2 In a small bowl, mix together oil, lemon juice, seasoned salt, lemon pepper, garlic, parsley, and tarragon vinegar. Pour marinade over meat, reserving a portion to be used for brushing (Note: DO NOT mix the reserved marinade with the meat; set aside for later). Pour remaining marinade over meat, recover dish and refrigerate for three hours, turning every half hour.
3. 3 Preheat grill for hot heat.
4. 4 Lightly oil grate, and position it 2 inches above the coals. Place meat on grill, and cook for 5 minutes. Turn meat over, brush with marinade, and cook for another 5 minutes.

By Stella