INGREDIENTS

  • 750 g lean beef meat
  • 30 – 40 g of dried porcini mushrooms
  • 2 onions
  • 1 carrot (of your choosing)
  • 1 sprig of a parsley
  • some stacks of celery
  • 2 – 3 spoonfuls of tomato sauce
  • few sage leaves
  • 1 glass of white or red wine
  • 1 big cup of coffee

Cooking time: 1 hour and half – 2 hours

INSTRUCTIONS

  • After trimming the fat off the meat, cut it in small pieces and put them in a non stick pan with a twig of sage.
  • Cover the meat and cook it until it releases all the liquids then add some white wine and let the wine boil until dry.
  • Remove the meat, place it in the mixer for few seconds while slowly cooking the chopped vegetables in the same pan.
  • Add the ground beef again and let it simmer until brown at this time add the coffee (200 ml)
  • Now add few spoonfuls of tomato sauce, the porcini mushrooms (previously drenched and minced) and the water used to soak them.
  • Add some extra hot water if needed and cook until all the liquids evaporate.

P.S.: You can ground the raw meat with the vegetables together and cook them simultaneously.