Yolly's Free Recipes 

Mechado.......Beef Stew with a Wick

2 to 3 pounds lean beef (rolled
roast, chuck steak or
London broil)
juice of one lemon
4 to 5 tablespoons soy sauce
2 strips bacon
1 bay leaf
8-ounce can tomato sauce
3 tablespoons sherry
3 cloves crushed garlic
salt to taste
2 cups water
2 to 3 tablespoons flour
2 tablespoons butter
1 teaspoon chopped pimento
4 big onions, quartered
6 potatoes, quartered

Marinate beef in lemon juice and soy sauce. Make 2 lengthwise slits in the meat
and insert the bacon strips. In a large pot, brown the meat, then add the bay leaf,
tomato sauce, the marinade, sherry, garlic, salt and water. Cover the pot and
simmer until the beef is tender. Remove meat and slice. Thicken sauce with flour
and butter. Add pimento, onions and potatoes with the meat to the thickened
sauce. Serve hot.


Serves 4 - 6.