Pomegranate Pot Roast Food

POMEGRANATE POT ROAST

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
• Season beef with salt and pepper. Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a large Dutch oven over medium heat. Brown meat on both sides, about 2 minutes per side. Remove meat to a plate.
• Add remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil to the pot. Add onion and season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until onion begins to soften, about 8 minutes. Add garlic and cook 2 more minutes, stirring often, until fragrant. Add honey and molasses and stir to combine. Pour in pomegranate juice and scrape up any browned bits from the bottom of the pot. Put the meat back in the pot. Pour in beef broth. Add bay leaf and thyme sprigs. Cover and bring to a simmer. Then turn off heat and transfer (covered) pot to the oven.
• Roast for 2 ½ hours. Remove from oven and add carrots, nestling them in around the beef. Roast 1 additional hour, or until meat is tender.
• Remove roast from oven and let rest for 10 minutes. Skim excess fat off the top. (If you are making ahead, refrigerate and then skim the solidified fat off the top before reheating.) Remove bay leaf, if you can find it. Garnish with fresh thyme or pomegranate arils if desired.

BRAISED POT ROAST WITH POMEGRANATES

Steps:

• Place the garlic cloves, sage, six tablespoons of oil, the vinegar, lemon juice, kosher salt and freshly ground pepper in a food processor. Process until all the ingredients are finely chopped.
• Place the meat in a roasting pan. With a knife make several incisions in the meat and insert the slivers of garlic. Then pour the marinade over the meat. Cover the pan with foil and refrigerate overnight.
• The following day, heat the remaining two tablespoons of oil in a pan large enough to hold the meat. When the oil is hot, add the sliced onion and saute them until they are lightly golden. Remove the meat from the marinade and brown on all sides over high heat. Then add the marinade, chicken stock, two cups of water, soy sauce and salt and pepper to taste. Bring to a boil, lower the heat and simmer for two and one-half hours or until the meat is easily pierced with a fork. Remove the meat from the pan and cool.
• Meanwhile, degrease the sauce. Then cut the pomegranates in two and remove the seeds. Add the seeds to the meat sauce.
• Slice the meat and return to the saucepan. Reheat gently.
• With a spatula, remove the meat to a large platter. Pour some sauce with pomegranate over the meat. Garnish with parsley and serve the remaining sauce in a gravy boat.

POMEGRANATE BALSAMIC PORK ROAST

Steps:

• In a wide skillet, cook bacon in olive oil until crisp, crumble bacon and set aside.
• Salt and pepper pork loin to taste, and brown on all sides.
• Place potatoes in bottom of crock pot, place pork loin on top.
• Cook leeks, carrots, and celery in remaining bacon fat and olive oil, add to crock pot.
• Deglaze pan with stock and 1 cup pomegranate juice, bring to a boil, and add to crock pot.
• Sprinkle herbs and bacon on top of pork loins, cook on low about 6 hours.
• Remove pork loins and potatoes from crock pot, set aside and keep warm.
• Move 2 cups of cooking liquid to a wide skillet, add remaining pomegranate juice, balsamic vinegar, and marmalade. Reduce liquid to about 1 cup.
• Slice pork loin, drizzle with pan sauce, serve with potatoes and maybe a nice spinach salad. Enjoy!