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St. Patrick's Day: Irish Roast Beast




Source of Recipe


From Joanne Fluke’s Sugar Cookie Murder


List of Ingredients




You can use a 4-quart slow cooker or a 325-degree oven. Rack in the middle position.

Ingredients:

16-ounce can cranberry sauce (whole berry)

6-ounce can tomato sauce

12-ounce bottle stout beer (Guinness Stout)

2 teaspoons freshly ground rosemary (it’s so much better fresh)

1 teaspoon thyme

1 teaspoon sage

1 teaspoon sweet basil

1 teaspoon oregano

1 teaspoon ground black pepper (again, freshly ground is much better)

1 teaspoon salt

4-5 pound boneless chuck or rump roast (or any similar cut of boneless beef)

1 packet (.88 ounce) beef gravy mix



Recipe



Mix all ingredients except the meat and the gravy mix in a bowl. Grease slow cooker. Put a half-cup of the mixture in the bottom of the slow cooker. Set in the meat and pour the rest of the sauce over the top.

Turn the slow cooker to low and cook for 8 to10 hours. (If you’re late putting this up in the slow cooker, you can cook it at high for the entire time. Using this method, it should take only 6 to 7 hours.)

When the meat is easily pierced by a fork (it should be practically falling apart), remove it from the sauce, cut it up in chunks and put it on a platter. Cover the platter with foil so it will stay warm.

Turn the slow cooker to high and sprinkle in the packet of beef gravy mix. Stir until the sauce has thickened. To serve, drizzle some of the sauce over the meat on the platter. Put the rest in a gravy boat for the table.

If you choose to do this in the oven: Grease or coat the inside of a roasting pan with nonstick cooking spray. Follow the directions and once your Irish Beast is in the pan, cover it tightly with heavy-duty foil.

Bake at 325 degrees for 5 to 6 hours, or until it’s easily pierced by a fork. Then take off the foil and let it brown in the oven for another 45 minutes. When it’s time to make the gravy, transfer the meat to a player and pour the liquid (from the roasting pan) into a saucepan, heating over medium heat. Sprinkle the gravy packet over the sauce and stir until it thickens.