Braised Beef

Ingredients

• 500 g lean tender beef
• 50 g lardo (cured pork back fat)
• 1/4 onion
• 1/2 carrot
• 1 rib celery
• 30 g butter
• greens

Instructions

1. Lard a 500g piece of tender beef with seasoned lardoons.
2. Set the tied, seasoned meat over a coarse battuto in 30g butter; moisten twice with a drop of cold water as it browns.
3. Add two ladles hot water, cover with double paper, and simmer slowly until cooked.
4. Pass and degrease the juices, gloss with a knob of butter, and use to flavor a garnish of greens.