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Monday, March 1, 2010

My Best Pot Roast Recipe

I've been making pot roast for over thirty years,
Yes, this is the best,perfect recipe for pot roast.
Pot roast is such a comfort food, and this recipe
makes the most tender and flavorful roast ever.
I guarantee that you will agree that there is
no pot roast recipe out there better than mine!

Ingredients:
5 lb. beef chuck roast
1 Tbsp. sweet smoked paprika
3 Tbsp. olive oil
3 red bell peppers, sliced
2 onions,peeled and chopped
6 cloves garlic, peeled and minced
1 carrot, peeled and sliced
1 cup red wine OR beef stock
8 oz. can tomato sauce
2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
2 teaspoons sugar
1/2 tsp. salt or to taste
1/8 tsp. pepper
1 tsp. dried marjoram leaves

Directions:
Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.
Heat olive oil in heavy pan over medium high heat.
Sprinkle roast with paprika and brown, about 15 minutes total.
Place in any large oven proof casserole dish with a lid,
add bell peppers, onions, carrot, and garlic.
In the same skillet used to brown roast,
add wine or beef stock, tomato sauce, vinegar,
Worcestershire sauce, sugar, and salt,
scraping to loosen any brown bits add pepper and marjoram.
Pour over the meat and vegetables and cover.
Bake in a 300 degree F oven for 4 hours.
Remove roast from oven and cover it with foil to keep warm.
Remove vegetables from the pan with a slotted spoon
and puree in a food processor. Place in a saucepan,
add the meat juices and drippings left in the pan
and cook over medium heat until thickened,
about 10-15 minutes, adding salt if needed.
Slice this perfect roast and spoon the gravy over it.

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