Dutch Spiced Beef

 

2 lb Beef Round Steak * 
1/2 tb Vinegar
1/2 ts Salt
1 ts Prepared Mustard
1/8 ts Pepper
1 ea Bay Leaf
6 tb Butter
2 ea Whole Cloves
1 ea Large Spanish Onion **
4 ea Canned Spiced Onions
1 tb Water
12 ea Strips Pimiento

Instructions:

* Steak should be 3/4 inch thick.

 ** Onion should be thickly sliced.

Cut steak into 4 pieces; rub with salt and pepper. Heat butter in large frying-pan until hot but not brown. Brown meat on both sides; remove to platter. Add sliced onions to frying-pan and fry lightly; remove from pan. Add water to frying-pan, scraping pan to loosen any bits of beef. Return meat to pan; cover with onion slices. Add vinegar, mustard, bay leaf and cloves. Cover and cook slowly 1 1/2 hours or until tender, turning every 1/2 hour. Place steaks on serving platter. Remove bay leaf and cloves and place onions on platter. Granish each steak with 1 spiced onion and 3 pimiento strips.