Pork with prunes and chesnuts - (Hirino me damaskina kai kastana)
Serves : 4 - 6 persons
INGREDIENTS:
1 kg (2.2 lbs) boneless pork, cut in pieces
20 prunes
20 chesnuts
1 glass of mavrodafni wine (a greek sweet red wine from Patras), any sweet wine will be appropriate
1 glass red wine
1 cup of strong european tea
Oil
1 glass of water
Salt
Pepper
Mix in a bowl the sweet wine, the prunes, the chesnuts and the tea. Leave it overnight on the fridge.
Heat oil in a large saucepan and saute pork pieces until brown. Add the glass of red wine and one glass of water and let it simmer for more than 2 hours until meat is tender.
Then add the rest of the mixture(s) and bring again to a boil. Let the pork absorb most of the juice and be sure that is tender enough before you remove from heat.
Serve with rice.
B-man
