Mader's 5 Star Goulash

Ingredients

• 2 pounds lean round beef, cubed
• 2 ounces oil
• 2 pounds onions, sliced
• 1 quart beef stock
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 1/2 teaspoons Hungarian paprika
• 2 tablespoons tomato puree
• 1 small clove garlic, crushed
• 1 1/2 teaspoons grated lemon zest
• 1 teaspoon caraway seed
  

Instructions

1. Brown meat, add oil, onions, and bay leaf and continue cooking. Add beef stock, paprika and tomato puree. Gently simmer for 1 hour.
2. Make a lemon paste by putting lemon zest on top of garlic and caraway seed on top of that and chop with a knife to combine flavors. Add to stock and simmer for 2 hours.
3. Serve over wide noodles.