Main Dish
(Beef
)
Linda s Swiss Steak
Contributor: Linda
about 2 hours
350 degrees
2
lbs
beef (round, chuck roast, etc.)
cut into 1 inch thick slices
1/4 - 1/2
cup
flour
shortening
3
ozs
tomato paste
salt & pepper
to taste
1/2
tsp
onion powder
or 1 small onion
1
tsp
basil
Pound flour into beef slices with mallet. Melt shortening in a skillet: add floured beef and brown well, over
medium heat, on both sides. Remove browned meat from skillet and place in a baking dish. Top meat with
remaining ingredients. De-glaze skillet with hot water, then pour this over the meat. Cover baking dish with
foil: bake at 350 degrees until meat is fork tender, about 2 hours. (Check meat periodically…if the pan is
dry, add a little water). Remove meat to platter. Add about 1/2 to 1 cup hot water to drippings in pan. Stir,
loosening as much as the pan drippings as you can. Pour this mixture through a sieve into a saucepan.
Dissolve about 2 Tbsp. Cornstarch in a little water and add to drippings. Heat through, stirring frequently,
until mixture thickens, making a gravy to serve with meat.
Edition: 5