PORTUGUESE SOPAS

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Sopas (pronounced soapish) is different depending on the region your family came from. I had a friend from Rhode Island that pronounced it soupish...her version was close, not exactly the same. This version is from the Azores, Terceria to be exact.

Provided by Linda C @pottstikr

Categories     Beef

Number Of Ingredients 19

6 pound(s) chuck roast, cut into 2" squares
8 ounce(s) can of tomato sauce
1 teaspoon(s) onion salt
1/2 teaspoon(s) cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon(s) red pepper
1 cup(s) sauterne wine (white)
1/4 cup(s) ketchup
1/4 teaspoon(s) garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon(s) black pepper
2 clove(s) garlic, smashed
1 teaspoon(s) salt
SPICE BALL
1/4 teaspoon(s) whole cloves
1/4 teaspoon(s) whole cumin seeds
3 - bay leaves
2 - cinnamon sticks
1/4 teaspoon(s) whole allspice
2 - heads of cabbage cut in 1/8ths
- mint leaves

Steps:

  • Salt and pepper the meat. Mix tomato sauce, wine and spices and pour over meat. Put spiceball in pan with meat. Cover roasting pan. Bake until meat is tender on low heat, approx 2-3 hours.
  • When meat is almost done, add water to make juice as needed. Add cabbage, cover and cook until cabbage is tender (pinch it, you don't want it mushy.
  • Place mint on thickly sliced day-old French bread then dish out thick chunks of this flavorful stew on the bread.

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