Recipe: Dutch Spiced Beef

Title: Dutch Spiced Beef
Categories: Steak Beef Meats
Servings: 4

2 lb Beef Round Steak *
1/2 t Salt
1/8 t Pepper
6 T Butter
1 ea Large Spanish Onion **
1 T Water
1 1/2 T Vinegar
1 t Prepared Mustard
1 ea Bay Leaf
2 ea Whole Cloves
4 ea Canned Spiced Onions
12 ea Strips Pimiento

* Steak should be 3/4 inch thick.
** Onion should be thickly sliced.
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~----------------- Cut steak into 4 pieces; rub with
salt and pepper. Heat butter in large frying-pan
until hot but not brown. Brown meat on both sides;
remove to platter. Add sliced onions to frying-pan
and fry lightly; remove from pan. Add water to
frying-pan, scraping pan to loosen any bits of beef.
Return meat to pan; cover with onion slices. Add
vinegar, mustard, bay leaf and cloves. Cover and cook
slowly 1 1/2 hours or until tender, turning every 1/2
hour. Place steaks on serving platter. Remove bay
leaf and cloves and place onions on platter. Granish
each steak with 1 spiced onion and 3 pimiento strips.