Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
  1         tablespoon  vegetable oil
     1/4           cup  slivered almonds
     3/4         pound  ground beef
     1/4           cup  white onions -- finely chopped
  1              large  tomato -- peeled and seeded,
                        -- finely chopped
  1         tablespoon  tomato paste
  1              clove  garlic -- minced
  2        tablespoons  raisins
  2        tablespoons  pimento stuffed green olives -- thinly sliced
  1         tablespoon  cider vinegar
  1           teaspoon  dark brown sugar
     1/4      teaspoon  salt
     1/4      teaspoon  ground cinnamon
     1/8      teaspoon  ground cumin
     1/8      teaspoon  ground cloves

Preparation:

Makes 2 cups. Heat oil in large skillet over medium heat. Add almonds; cook and stir 2 to 3 minutes until golden. Remove, drain on paper towels. Crumble beef into skillet. Brown beef 5 minutes; stir often and break into fine pieces. Add onion; cook and stir 4 minutes or until softened. Add tomato, tomato paste and garlic. Cook and stir 2 minutes. Stir in remaining ingredients except almonds. Cover and simmer over low heat 15 minutes. Uncover skillet; cook over medium-low heat 3 minutes until most of liquid has evaporated. Skim and discard fat. Stir in almonds. Let stand until cool enough to handle.

Nutritional Information:

1524 Calories (kcal); 124g Total Fat; (72% calories from fat); 67g Protein; 40g Carbohydrate; 289mg Cholesterol; 916mg Sodium