Traditional Pot Roast EDIT
Source of Recipe
KSL
Traditional Pot Roast
Ingredients:
* 1 (5lb) boneless beef chuck roast
* Salt and pepper
* Flour
* Olive oil
* 4 carrots, chopped
* 2 onions, chopped
* 4 stalks celery, chopped
* 4 garlic cloves, minced
* 2 cups red wine, such as Cabernet Sauvignon or Pinot Noir, (you can substitute the wine
* with white or red grape juice, Spicy or Regular V-8 juice, or use a combination of chicken
* and beef stock)
* 32 oz canned stewed tomatoes, included the juice
* 16 oz beef stock
* 2 tsp thyme
* 1 tsp rosemary
* Additional flour for vegetable sauce
* 3 Tbl butter
Method:
Pat beef dry with a paper towel. Season a Tbl or 2 of flour with salt and pepper and rub onto roast coating all side and ends. Heat 1 Tbl olive oil in large Dutch oven over medium heat. When hot and the roast and sear for 4 minutes per side or until nicely browned. Turn and sear on all sides including ends. Remove roast to a large plate.
Add 2 more Tbl olive oil to the Dutch oven. Add the carrots, onion and celery and garlic; season with salt and pepper. Cook over medium heat for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally, until tender. Add the wine, tomatoes and beef stock; season again with salt and pepper, add the thyme and rosemary. Cover with lid and heat to a boil. Place in a 350 degree oven for approx.. 3 hours.
Remove roast from Dutch oven to cutting board, tent with foil and let rest 15 minutes. Skim off as much fat as possible from pan sauce, pour sauce and all the vegetables into a large food processor, blend until smooth. Meanwhile, melt butter in bottom of pan add flour and cook for several minutes, add sauce back to pan with the roux mixture; heat to simmer, stirring until thickened. Taste for seasonings and adjust. Slice roast and serve with the vegetable sauce.
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Fennel Pot Roast
For the Fennel Pot Roast follow the recipe above for the traditional pot roast except exchange the celery for 2 medium fennel bulbs chopped, replace the red wine with 1 cup sherry, and increase the beef broth to 32 oz. (You can substitute the sherry with white or red grape juice, Spicy or Regular V-8 juice, or use a combination of chicken and beef stock) Do not blend the vegetables for the sauce but rather spoon the chunky vegetable mixture over the meat.
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Spicy Pot Roast with Adobo Sauce
For the Spicy Pot Roast with Adobo Sauce follow the recipe above for the traditional pot roast except do not add the rosemary and thyme. Add 2 Anaheim chilies chopped, 1 jalapeño minced, and 3 Tbl Adobo sauce along with the carrots, onions and celery. Exchange the diced stewed tomatoes for Mexican flavored diced stewed tomatoes and eliminate the wine all together. Do not blend the vegetables for the sauce but rather spoon the spicy chilies over the meat.
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Porcini Mushroom Pot Roast
For Porcini Mushroom Pot Roast eliminate the carrots and celery, reduce wine to 1 cup, (you can substitute the wine with white or red grape juice, Spicy or Regular V-8 juice, or use a combination of chicken and beef stock) add ½ oz dried porcini mushrooms when adding the diced tomatoes; no need to blend the sauce; just spoon porcini mushroom and pan sauce over meat.
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