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Steak pizzaiola

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Ingredients
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  • 500 g thin beef or veal
  • 2 can Italian peeled tomatoes
  • 1 bottle passata
  • oregano
  • 1 bunch basil
  • 4–5 cloves garlic cloves
Cover the meat with baking paper one piece at a time and pound it very thin with a meat mallet, gently, so it is tender; cut each piece into three.
Pounding the meat thin
  • extra virgin olive oil
Heat a generous amount of olive oil in a large saucepan over medium-low with a splash of water.
Garlic in oil with a splash of water
  • 1 tbsp water
Crush the garlic into the oil and cook gently about 30 seconds.
Crush the peeled tomatoes into the pan by hand with their juice (or blend briefly with a hand blender) and stir.
Crushing the tomatoes by hand
Add the passata and stir.
  • salt
Add oregano and salt and stir; cook on low at least 10 minutes and at most 15 to 20, without letting it burn.
Add the meat a little at a time with space between and cook no more than 2 minutes, stirring, so it stays tender.
Two minutes for the meat
  • pepper
Turn off the heat, add pepper and tear in the basil; stir quickly.
Pepper and basil off the heat
  • capers from Puglia
  • 1 slices bread
Plate sauce, then meat, then capers, with a slice of bread to clean the plate. Keep the remaining sauce for pasta.
Plating with capers and bread