The menu at La Ascensión —a highlight of Asturias' culinary calendar—features seasonal vegetable stew, Oviedo-style braised beef , and a cherry cheesecake. All the restaurants and bars in Oviedo offer the same menu during this popular spring festival.
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The recipe will be tastier if we use PGI Asturian beef. We can use different cuts: blood sausage, shoulder or chamón, always cut into intermediate pieces, neither large nor very small.* We never recommend fattening the sauce with flour.
Ruled meat ingredients
- 1 kg of beef to stew
- 2 onions
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 1 red pepper
- ½ green pepper
- White wine or brandy
- Peppers
- Oil
- Sal Island
Ruled meat recipe
1· Cut the meat into medium pieces. Then it is marinated with garlic and salt and fried round and round in oil. Sauté the onions, garlic and peppers in that oil, like a ratatouille. Next, it is added to the casserole, where the meat will already be.
2· Cover everything with broth or water, and water it with a splash of strong white wine or brandy. Finally, cook over moderate heat until the meat is soft (not falling apart).
3· Adjust the salt and let it rest for approximately 1 hour.
In many recipe books it is recommended to incorporate some already cooked peas, some small diced potatoes, some pieces of roasted red pepper, etc.
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