POT ROAST n VEGGIES - DUTCH OVEN
INGREDIENTS:
4 to 5 pound boneless chuck roast with good fat marbling
6 large carrots, peeled and cut into 2 inch lengths
6 medium potatoes, peeled and quartered
6 medium onions, peeled and quartered
8 cloves of garlic, peeled (optional)
2 bay leaves
1/2 cup fortified wine such as
Port,
Sherry or
Marsala wine (optional)
1/2 teaspoon fresh ground black peppercorns
(Tellicherry)
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
2 tablespoons Crisco oil or Peanut Oil
1 teaspoon Kosher salt (to taste)
1 package of onion soup mix, use low sodium (optional)
2 cups beef stock
1 teaspoon Wild Bill's Meat Rub
(open hyperlink for recipe)
2 cups water (reserve one cup for gravy)
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour or cornstarch
1/4 cup water for flour or cornstarch
Fresh thyme, several sprigs or 1 teaspoon dried
Fresh rosemary, several sprigs or 1 teaspoon dried
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Make 8 slits evenly spaced throughout
the roast and insert a clove of garlic (optional) into each slit. Coat roast with
a sprinkling of Wild Bill's Meat Rub which is my house seasoning and let
sit at least 30 minutes to an hour. In a small bowl mix one
package of Onion Soup Mix with 2 tablespoons of water and make a thick
paste. Heat a large Dutch oven on medium-high heat adding 2
tablespoons of Crisco oil or oil of your choice. Sear roast on all
sides and remove from the Dutch oven and place on a plate or pan. Coat
top of roast with the onion soup paste (optional).
Add beef stock, 1 cup water, wine, salt, black pepper,
Worcestershire sauce, thyme,
rosemary and bay
leaves to Dutch oven and bring to a boil.
Add roast to Dutch oven, cover; bake for 2 hours. After
2
hours, remove from oven; add carrots and bake an additional 30 minutes.
Remove from the oven again and add the onions and potatoes and bake an
additional 50 minutes or until
the roast and veggies are tender. If you don't mind the larger pieces
of carrots being
al dente,
you can add all the veggies after the roast has been in the oven for 2 1/2
hours instead of "layer cooking".
Total oven baking time 3 1/2 hours.
Remove roast from Dutch oven placing on a cutting board and cover loosely
with aluminum foil until ready to slice. Transfer veggies to a serving
platter and cover. Reserve the liquid broth to make a gravy and/or sauce and
remove bay leaves.
Skim off any fat from liquid, strain and add 2 cups of reserved broth
and 1 cup of water to a medium size sauce pot and bring to a boil.
Mix 2 tablespoons of flour or cornstarch with 1/4 cup of water and add to the liquid and simmer
5 to 10 minutes or until thickened. Season with salt and pepper to
taste if needed. Normally, you will not need to add any additional salt since
there is a fairly high sodium content in the beef stock and the Onion Soup Mix.
Slice roast across grain and arrange on serving platter surrounded by
the veggies and serve while hot with tossed salad and fresh baked bread,
French bread or bread of your choice and a good red wine if desired.
This is a modification of my
Venison Meal In Foil and a
fairly generic recipe. My Wild Bill's Meat Rub does add a good
crust or bark to the outside of the roast if you get a good sear on it at
the beginning of this recipe and does enhance the flavor,
IMHO. As with any recipe, you can add or take away any ingredients
and spices as desired. The above referenced fortified wines go very
well with this pot roast recipe and if you are into red wines, Cabernet
Sauvignon, Merlot and Pinot Noir will work for you.
I am currently a
teetotaler and bottled water works fine for me!
YIELD: 8 servings
Above plated pot
roast n veggies baked on 02-01-20 and was fantastic using a small boneless
shoulder roast weighing a little less than 3 pounds. I used my latest
60mm Macro lens on the top two pixs. My bad on the overkill of
the garnish....I didn't have any parsley on hand and had to improvise with
green onions and sliced small cherry tomatoes. Yea, there is a beef
roast there somewhere. Grin if you must!
This pot roast n veggies
was "off the chain good", about
melt in your mouth!
Below pixs of pot roast n
veggie meal served on 07-14-12:
Click on thumbnails sequence
pixs for a larger screen view:
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
This roast would melt in your mouth and come apart when slicing it.
I could have used a much larger serving platter but didn't take the time to "dig"
one out. I served the pot roast and vegetables with fresh garden
tomatoes and French bread. I am glad I didn't fix a side salad because
my bride and myself were both tight as ticks when we finished this wonderful
meal. Grin if you must! Looks like plenty of left over for some
delicious sliced pot roast sandwiches or skillet
beef hash.
Web published by Bill aka Mickey
Porter 07-14-12 with updated pixs on 08-25-13.
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