Title: Beef with chestnuts, pears and almonds
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      Yield: 4 Servings
 
      2 tb Olive oil
      3    Tomatoes, peeled, deseeded
           And chopped
      1    Clove garlic
      1 oz Stale bread
      4 oz Ground almonds
    1/2 pt Dry white wine
      8 oz Chestnuts, peeled and
           Chopped
      3    Pears, poached in red wine
 
  Heat the oil in a heavy pan and fry the tomatoes until soft. Grind
  together the garlic and bread in a mortar and pestle, and add to the
  tomatoes with the ground almonds. Pour in the white wine, stir and
  reduce to the consistency of thick gravy. Add the chestnuts. Core and
  roughly chop the pears, add to the pan and heat through. Serve with
  the beef.