Name: Beef Skewers with Red Wine Sauce
Prep time: 2 h
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 2 h 20 min
Yield: Serves 2
Ingredients: 400 g beef, cut into small cubes; 1 onion, sliced into rings; 250 g cherry tomatoes; 300 ml dry red wine (150 ml marinade, 150 ml sauce); 1 pinch sea salt; 1 pinch ground cinnamon; 1 pinch ground chilli; 50 g butter; 1 tsp almond flour (or 1 tbsp wheat flour); 1 tbsp honey or erythritol; 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar

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Make the marinade: mix salt, honey/erythritol, chilli and cinnamon. Add 150 ml wine. Pour over the beef and marinate for 2 hours (or overnight).
Preheat oven to 180°C fan (200°C without fan).
Slice onion into rings and wash the tomatoes. Remove beef from marinade.
Thread beef, onion and tomatoes alternately onto wooden skewers.
Place on an oven rack and bake for 7–10 minutes until cooked through.
Meanwhile make the sauce: melt butter in a small saucepan over low heat.
Add flour and stir until lightly golden.
Add 150 ml wine gradually, stirring as it comes to a gentle boil.
Add balsamic vinegar, a pinch of cinnamon and chilli. Stir until slightly thickened.
Pour sauce over skewers and serve immediately.

Nutrition

Per serving (est.): ~600 kcal · Carbs 14 g · Fat 42 g · Protein 45 gNutrition and glycaemic index (GI) values are estimates, calculated from the ingredients. Please double-check meals before cooking if it matters for your diet.

Tip

Replace honey with erythritol and wheat flour with almond flour to reduce the glycaemic impact of the sauce without changing the flavour.

Beef Skewers with Red Wine Sauce

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