Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 half medium yellow onion, sliced thinly on a mandoline
• 1 half small carrot, peeled
• 1 clove of garlic, whole but bruised, plus 1 large clove, whole and peeled
• 1/2 teaspoon dried herbes de Provence
• 5 French oil-cured black olives, roughly chopped
• 3 wide strips of orange zest, made with a vegetable peeler
• 1 teaspoon unbleached all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup dry rosé wine (red or white would do as well)
• 1 cup beef stock
• 1/2 pound excellent quality thinly-sliced rare roast beef
• 1 thin baguette, or 4 French rolls, or 4 small Kaiser rolls

Procedure

1. In a 9 inch sauté pan, heat 1 tablespoon olive oil over medium heat.  Add onions, bruised garlic clove, and carrot, sauté for 5 minutes, or until translucent but not golden.
2. Add herbes de Provence, olives, orange zest, and flour, cook for 30 seconds, stirring continuously.  Add wine and allow to reduce for 30 seconds.  Add beef stock, and whisk to pick up all the bits on the bottom of the pan, and to incorporate flour.  Season with salt and pepper to taste.  Cover, and simmer on low for 20 minutes.
3. Separate the slices of beef, and add to the pot.  Take the pan off the heat, and stir the beef into the sauce.  Cover, and let stand for 10 minutes.  Remove the carrot, orange zest, and whole garlic cloves.  Discard.
4. Toast the baguette or rolls in a toaster on the ‘bagel’ setting or under the broiler.  Cut the remaining whole garlic clove in half, and rub the hot, crusty bread with the cut side of the garlic.  Pile the meat into the bread, and serve with chilled rosé wine.