Dutch Oven Pot Roast With Herbs Food

DUTCH OVEN POT ROAST WITH HERBS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 300° F.
• Combine the flour, salt, and pepper in a shallow dish or dinner plate. Add the beef to the flour and coat each side, including the edges.
• Heat the oil in a large Dutch oven, over medium-high heat. Add the beef to the pot, searing and browning it on both sides and the edges (about 3 to 4 minutes per side). Transfer the beef to a plate.
• Add the onions and cook for 2 minutes. Add the garlic and tomato paste and stir for 30 seconds until the garlic is fragrant. Pour in the red wine and scrape the bits off the bottom of the pot.
• Pour the beef broth and Worcestershire sauce into the Dutch oven then return the seared chuck roast. Add the potatoes, carrots, thyme, rosemary, oregano and bay leaves. (If you want firmer vegetables, add them during the last hour of the cooking time). Put the lid on the Pot and transfer it to the preheated oven and roast for 3 hours or until the meat shreds easily with a fork.
• Transfer the meat and the vegetables to a serving plate and cover with foil to stay warm while making the gravy.
• Discard the herbs and pour the braising liquid through a strainer. Measure out 2 cups of the braising liquid and return it to the Dutch oven or a small saucepan.
• Combine the butter and flour in a small dish. Stir until it becomes a smooth paste.
• Bring the braising liquid to a boil over medium-high heat. Remove it from the heat and whisk in the butter-flour paste until completely melted. Return the pan to the heat and simmer briefly (stirring constantly), until thickened.
• Transfer the gravy to a serving container and serve with the pot roast.

PERFECT POT ROAST

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 275 degrees F.
• Generously salt and pepper the chuck roast.
• Heat the olive oil in large pot or Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add the halved onions to the pot, browning them on both sides. Remove the onions to a plate.
• Throw the carrots into the same very hot pot and toss them around a bit until slightly browned, about a minute or so. Reserve the carrots with the onions.
• If needed, add a bit more olive oil to the very hot pot. Place the meat in the pot and sear it for about a minute on all sides until it is nice and brown all over. Remove the roast to a plate.
• With the burner still on high, use either red wine or beef broth (about 1 cup) to deglaze the pot, scraping the bottom with a whisk. Place the roast back into the pot and add enough beef stock to cover the meat halfway.
• Add in the onions and the carrots, along with the fresh herbs.
• Put the lid on, then roast for 3 hours for a 3-pound roast. For a 4 to 5-pound roast, plan on 4 hours. The roast is ready when it's fall-apart tender.

HERB POT ROAST AND VEGETABLES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°.
• Place roast with all the vegetables in an ungreased 9x13-inch or larger baking pan.
• Sprinkle all the spices over the meat. This may seem really thick but its wonderful.
• Pour the water over the vegetables.
• Cover with foil and bake at 350° for 2 to 2 1/2 hours.
• Serve with the pan juices.

DELICIOUS DUTCH OVEN POT ROAST

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 275. Salt the Chuck Roast. Put vegetable oil in a large Dutch oven on medium high heat. Sear the Chuck on all sides. Remove Chuck and place on cutting board or plate. Holding the garlic by the top, turn it to its side and cut in half through the middle. Holding the top, place the garlic, cut side down, in the oil. Peel your carrots and cut them in thirds. Cut the onion in half. Cut 2 stalks of celery into thirds. Then add the carrots, onion and celery to the garlic, adding more oil if necessary. Sear everything off until it is dark brown. Once browned, remove all vegetables onto a cutting board or plate. Keeping your heat on medium high, carefully add red wine and scrape the bottom of the Dutch Oven with a wooden spoon to deglaze the pan. Remove from heat and add beef stock. Add the carrots, celery and onions back to the pot and lay the Chuck on top. Put the garlic and a sprig or two of the Thyme and Rosemary. Place the lid on the Dutch Oven and put in the oven for 4 hours or until tender. After cooking, discard the celery, onion, garlic and herbs. Use the leftover liquid to make a gravy. Best served with mashed potatoes.
• Enjoy!

FRENCH-STYLE POT ROAST

Steps:

• Season meat with kosher salt. Place on wire rack in rimmed baking sheet, and let rest at room temperature for 1 hour.
• Meanwhile, bring wine to simmer in large saucepan over medium-high heat. Cook until reduced to 2 cups, about 15 minutes. Using kitchen twine, tie parsley sprigs, thyme sprigs, and bay leaves into bundle.
• Pat beef dry with paper towels and season generously with pepper. Tie three pieces of kitchen twine around each piece of meat to keep it from falling apart.
• Adjust oven rack to lower middle position and heat oven to 300°F Cook bacon in large Dutch oven over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, until crisp, 6-8 minutes. Using slotted spoon, transfer bacon to paper-towel lined plate and reserve. Pour off all but 2 tbsp of bacon fat; return Dutch oven to medium-high heat and heat until fat begins to smoke. Add beef to pat and brown on all sides, 8-10 minutes total. Transfer beef to large plate and set aside.
• Reduce heat to medium; add onion and cook,, stirring occasionally, until beginning to soften, 2-4 minutes. Add garlic, flour, and reserved bacon; cook stirring constantly, until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add reduced wine, broth, and herb bundles, scraping bottom of pan with wooden spoon to loosen browned bits. Return roast and any accumulated juices to pot; increase heat to high and bring liquid to simmer, then place large sheet of foil over pot and cover tightly with lid. Set pot in oven and cook, using tongs to turn beef every hour, until dinner fork slips easily in and out of meat, 2 1/2 -3 hours, adding carrots to pot after 2 hours.
• While meat cooks, bring pearl onions, butter, sugar and 1/2 cup water to boil in large skillet over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to medium, cover, and cook until onions are tender, 5-8 minutes. Uncover, increase heat to medium-high heat, and cook until all liquid evaporates, 3-4 minutes. Add mushrooms and 1/4 teaspoons table salt; cook, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are browned and glazed 8-12 minutes. Remove from heat and set aside. Place remaining 1/4 cup cold water in small bowl and sprinkle gelatin on top.
• Transfer beef to cutting board; tent with foil to keep warm. Allow braising liquid to settle for about 5 minutes, then using wide shallow spoon, skim fat off surface. Remove herb bundle and stir in onion-mushroom mixture. Bring liquid to simmer over medium-high heat and cook until mixture is slightly thickened and reduced to 3 1/4 cups, 20-30 minutes. Season sauce with salt and pepper. Add softened gelatin and stir until completely dissolved.
• Remove kitchen twine from meat and discard. Using chef's or carving knife, cut meat against grain into 1/2" thick slices. Divide meat among warmed bowls or transfer to platter; arrange vegetables around meat, pour sauce on top, and sprinkle with minced parsley. Serve immediately.
• To make ahead: Follow recipe to point where gelatine is sprinkled on top of cold water. OMIT THIS STEP. Place the meat back into reduced sauce, cool it to room temperature, cover it, and refrigerate for up to 2 days. To serve slice the beef and arrange it in a 13 x 9-inch baking dish. Bring the sauce to a simmer and stir in the gelatin until completely dissolved. Pour the war m sauce over the meat, cover it with aluminum foil and bake it in a 350°F oven until heated through, about 30 minutes. Serve with boiled potatoes, buttered noodles or steamed rice.