Jackie Kennedy's Beef Stroganoff

"This is from a wonderful cookbook called "The First Ladies Cook Book". This book contains pictures of each President and First Lady, as well as their china, and is great fun just read. This recipe is (supposedly) from Jackie Kennedy and my husband enjoys telling people that I cook one of her recipes for him! It's fun to serve at dinner parties."
 
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Ready In:
2hrs 30mins
Ingredients:
8
Serves:
8
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ingredients

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directions

  • Cut beef into thin strips (it's easier if meat is partially frozen), sprinkle freely with salt and pepper, and let stand, covered, for 2 hours in a cool place.
  • Make a roux by blending flour with 3 T melted butter until mixture bubbles and is smooth.
  • Using a whisk, gradually blend in beef stock and cook until mixture begins to thicken.
  • Cook for 5 minutes, then add sour cream alternately with tomato juice or paste, stirring constantly.
  • Simmer very gently, without boiling, for 1 minute.
  • Brown beef in remaining 3 T butter with grated onion.
  • When the meat is browned, pour the meat, onion, and butter into the sauce.
  • Taste for seasoning and simmer very gently or cook in a double boiler over hot water for 20 minutes.
  • This is very good served over buttered noodles.

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<p>Although I currently live just outside St. Louis, this was the 20th move my husband and I made in the 28 years (at the time of our move) of our marriage. Most of those moves occurred in my husband's 25 year career as a pilot in the Air Force. When he retired 7 years ago, he went to work for Boeing and we both thought we'd go back to Seattle and never move again. Boy were we wrong! But our eventual goal is to end up back in the northwest. I love to read, quilt, and collect cookbooks and recipes. Have I found the right website or what?&nbsp; Pet peeves include people who&nbsp;give low ratings but don't say&nbsp;why and people who rate recipes they haven't tried. <br />EDITED TO ADD ON Jan. 27, 2007: Well we're here! We made it back to Seattle after what I call The Move From H---! We had major problems on both ends of the move, but the worst things happened here. Less than two weeks after we moved into our new house in Bellevue, a storm blew through and sent two tree limbs through the roof! Our power was off for almost a week, so we ended up moving back into the hotel we thought we had left behind. But we're back in our house now and slowly but surely, it's beginning to feel like home. And on the sunny, warm days, we remember exactly why we've always loved Seattle so much! Our favorite restaurant (Jake O'Shaunesey's) is gone, so we'll have to spend lots of time eating out in search of a new one!</p>
 
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