Pot Roast The Silver Palate Food

DELICIOUS POT ROAST

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Rub roast with black pepper.
• Heat olive oil in a heavy flameproof casserole or Dutch oven and sear roast for several minutes on each side, browning well.
• Pour in stock and wine and add parsley, 1-teaspoon salt, 1-teaspoon black pepper and the whole cloves.
• Stir in onions, carrots, potatoes, tomatoes and celery.
• Liquid in casserole should just cover vegetables. Add additional beef stock if necessary.
• Bring to a simmer on top of the stove, cover and bake in center of oven for 2 ½ hours.
• Uncover and cook longer, until meat is tender, about 1-½ hours, basting frequently.
• Transfer roast to a deep serving platter and arrange vegetables around it.
• Spoon a bit of sauce over all and garnish the platter with parsley.
• Pass additional sauce in a gravy boat.

NACH WAXMAN'S BRISKET OF BEEF

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375°F.
• Lightly dust the brisket with flour, then sprinkle with pepper to taste. Heat the oil over medium-high heat in a large ovenproof enameled cast-iron pot or other heavy pot with a lid just large enough to hold the brisket snugly. Add the brisket to the pot and brown on both sides until crusty brown areas appear on the surface here and there, 5 to 7 minutes per side. Transfer the brisket to a platter, turn up the heat a bit, then add the onions to the pot and stir constantly with a wooden spoon, scraping up any browned bits stuck to the bottom of the pot. Cook until the onions have softened and developed a rich brown color but aren't yet caramelized, 10 to 15 minutes.
• Turn off the heat and place the brisket and any accumulated juices on top of the onions.
• Spread the tomato paste over the brisket as if you were icing a cake. Sprinkle with salt and more pepper to taste, then add the garlic and carrot to the pot. Cover the pot, transfer to the oven, and cook the brisket for 1 1/2 hours.
• Transfer the brisket to a cutting board and, using a very sharp knife, slice the meat across the grain into approximately 1/8-inch-thick slices. Return the slices to the pot, overlapping them at an angle so that you can see a bit of the top edge of each slice. The end result should resemble the original unsliced brisket leaning slightly backward. Check the seasonings and, if absolutely necessary, add 2 to 3 teaspoons of water to the pot.
• Cover the pot and return to the oven. Lower the heat to 325°F and cook the brisket until it is fork-tender, about 2 hours. Check once or twice during cooking to make sure that the liquid is not bubbling away. If it is, add a few more teaspoons of water-but not more. Also, each time you check, spoon some of the liquid on top of the roast so that it drips down between the slices.
• It is ready to serve with its juices, but, in fact, it's even better the second day.

THREE ONION CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F
• Butter an 8 cup baking dish with 1 tablespoon of butter.
• Make a layer in the baking dish, using a third each of the yellow onions, red onions and leeks.
• Sprinkle the layer sparingly with salt and pepper and top with the Havarti.
• Make another layer of the onions and leeks. Add a little more pepper.
• Top this layer with the Boursin.
• Layer the remaining onions and leeks and top with the Gruyere.
• Dot the top with the remaining 2
• tablespoons butter.
• Pour the wine over all.
• Bake for 1 hour.
• Cover the top with aluminum foil,
• if it gets too brown.
• Serve immediately.

ROAST SUCKLING PIG (SILVER PALATE)

Steps:

• Rub lime halves all over the body of the pig, squeezing lime juice liberally, rub cavity with limes, too.
• With a sharp knife tip, cut slits 3/4 inch deep all over the body of the pig. (Do not prick the head.) Cut 5 garlic cloves into 8 pieces each and stuff the pieces into the slits in the pig.
• In medium bowl mix together the remaining 13 garlic cloves, finely minced, the oregano, caperswith brine, olive oil, salt, pepper and curry powder. Stuff half of this mixture into the cavity and rub the remainder all over the outside.
• Let the pig rest, covered, in the refrigerator for 24 hours.
• Preheat oven to 400* F.
• Place pig on rack in larger roasting pan and bake for 30 minutes. Turn heat down to 350* and roast for 3 1/2 hours, or until juices run clear when pig is pricked with a knife.
• Place a small apple in the pig's mouth, serve on a large platter decorated with watercress and kumquats.

LAMB MARINADE FROM THE SILVER PALATE COOKBOOK

Steps:

• Whisk all ingredients together in a small bowl.
• Marinate meat overnight.
• Double or triple the recipe as needed, depending on how much meat you have.