French Love Affair Crockpot Peppered Herbes De Provence Roast Food

FRENCH LOVE AFFAIR CROCKPOT PEPPERED HERBES DE PROVENCE ROAST

Steps:

• Mix the herbes de provence, ground fennel, ground pepper and thyme together.
• Pat the beef dry with paper towels (this is important as surface moisture will interfere with good browning). Lightly oil outside of the roast with the olive oil.
• Rub the mixture over the roast so that all surfaces are coated with the herbs.
• Heat a large skillet over high heat. Sear the roast on all sides (about 3 rotations, approximately 1 minutes each). When browned, immediately remove from heat.
• NOTE: for best results, fill the crockpot 2/3 full with roast and vegetables; this produces the best results when using a crockpot.
• Add the beef broth to crockpot.
• Add the roast to the crockpot. Layer carrots, potatoes and onions on top and sides of roast, sprinkling each layer with herbes, thyme, and salt, as desired.
• Cook on high for 2 hours, then reduce temperature to low and cook an additional 4 hours.
• When ready to serve, carefully remove roast (it may fall apart) to platter, and surround with carrots, potatoes and onions. This will not make as pretty a presentation as a roast and vegetables roasted in the oven; the crockpot tends to turn things a dull brown color, but the flavors are usually magnified.
• Add au jus as desired.
• Serve with a green salad and toasted french bagette slices with butter.

FRENCH POT ROAST IN SLOW COOKER

Steps:

• 1. Season the meat with salt and pepper. Brown the meat on all sides in the hot oil a deep skillet (or in the Cuisinart 3-in-1 4-Quart Cooker-I set mine at 375° when browning). Transfer the meat to a plate.
• 2. Reduce the heat to medium. If the pan is dry, add another tablespoon of oil. Add the onion and carrot; cook, stirring, until slightly softened, about 3 minutes; add the garlic and cook, stirring, until fragrant, about 30 seconds more. Add the wine, beef broth, Balsamic vinegar, and herbes de Provence. Bring to a boil, stirring to loosen any browned bits from the bottom of the pot. (If doing this step on the stovetop, pour the liquid into the cooker at this point.).
• 3. Place the browned meat in the cooker. Cook on low for 8 hours OR on high for 5 hours or until the meat is tender.
• 4. Transfer the roast to a cutting board and cover with foil to keep warm. Set the cooker on 375° (or transfer the cooking liquids to a clean saucepan). Work the butter into the flour to form a paste (a beurre manié). Bring the liquid to boil; whisk in the beurre manié bit by bit until sauce is as thick as you like. Serve sauce with meat.

SLOW COOKER HERB CRUSTED PORK TENDERLOIN

Steps:

• Combine the brown sugar, herbes de Provence, coriander, salt and pepper in a small bowl.
• Rub this mixture evenly onto the tenderloins and place into a slow cooker.
• Set on low and cook for 4-6 hours or until internal temperature of 145 degrees F is reached.
• Removed from slow cooker and let rest 10 minutes before slicing.
• Also removed juices from slow cooker and let cool slightly, they will thicken up like a syrup.
• Slice tenderloin and drizzle with thicken juices.

HERB- AND SPICE-ROASTED BEEF TENDERLOIN WITH RED WINE-SHALLOT SAUCE

Steps:

• For sauce:
• Heat oil in large saucepan over medium-low heat. Add shallots and garlic; sauté until tender, about 10 minutes. Stir in sugar; sauté until shallots are golden, about 15 minutes longer. Add flour, herbs, orange peel, nutmeg and cloves; stir 1 minute. Pour in broth, wine and brandy. Boil until sauce is reduced to 1 3/4 cups, about 20 minutes. Discard bay leaf. (Can be made 2 days ahead. Chill.)
• For tenderloin:
• Grind first 10 ingredients in processor. With machine running, add oil and blend well. Spread mixture evenly over all sides of tenderloins. Place beef in large glass baking dish. Cover with foil; chill at least 6 hours. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Keep chilled.)
• Preheat oven to 400°F. Place beef on rack in large roasting pan. Roast until meat thermometer inserted into center of beef registers 125°F for rare, about 35 minutes. Remove from oven and cover with foil; let stand 10 minutes.
• Transfer beef to cutting board. Pour any accumulated juices from roasts into sauce. Bring sauce to boil. Remove from heat; whisk in butter. Season with salt and pepper. Slice beef. Serve with sauce.

CROCK POT ROASTED HERBES DE PROVENCE WHOLE CHICKEN

Steps:

• Clean and dry chicken, after removing giblets.
• Rub entire chicken with olive oil, then season with salt and pepper, and Herebes de Provence, by rubbing spices over entire chicken.
• Place one chopped onion inside the cavity of the chicken.
• Place chicken in crock pot.
• Throw remaining onions and parsnips around chicken in crock pot.
• Pour chicken both over chicken and veggies.
• Cook on low for 7-9 hours (crock pot cooking times vary, so cook for less time, if you notice that your crock pot cooks faster than most).