Pot Roast - Grass or Pasture Raised
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Ingredients
  1. 1 tea. Thyme, dried
  2. 1 tbsp. Rosemary, fresh
  3. 1 tbsp. Paprika, smoked optional
  4. 1 tbsp. Salt, kosher
  5. 1 tea. Gr black pepper
  6. 4 # Chuck roast boneless or 4.5# with bone
  7. 1 oz. Oil
  8. 1/2 cup Red wine
  9. 1/2 cup Diced tomatoes or 3 tbsp. Paste
  10. 2 1/2 cup Stock
  11. 5 cup Onions, sliced
  12. 6 ea. Garlic, cloves rough chopped
  13. 2 cup Carrots, halved and 1/4" half moon
  14. 2 cup Celery, 1/3" dice
Instructions
  1. Combine first 5 spices and rub on meat, place in zip lock bag.
  2. Let sit on meat several hours or refrigerate overnight.
  3. Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
  4. In large Dutch oven heat oil on medium high heat.
  5. Brown meat on all sides and remove from pot.
  6. Deglaze pan with wine then and add tomatoes, let tomatoes caramelize a bit.
  7. Add onions and cook till softened about 15 minutes.
  8. Add carrots, celery and garlic and cook till fragrant.
  9. Add meat and stock to Dutch oven. Liquid should be 1/2 to 3/4 up the side of the meat.
  10. Cover Dutch oven and place in stove. Let cook for 1 hour, remove and turn meat over.
  11. Add liquid if needed.
  12. Cook another 1-2 hours depending on roast and oven. It should be fork tender.
  13. Remove meat from Dutch oven and let rest on platter.
  14. Remove excess fat from liquid. You should have about 4-5 cups of broth.
  15. For the sauce place Dutch oven on stove and bring to boil.
  16. Puree mixture with hand held blender or food processor.
  17. Adjust seasonings and let reduce if sauce is thin.
  18. There should be enough onions etc. to naturally thicken the sauce.
  19. Slice meat and top with sauce
Notes
  1. You may leave vegetables whole and thicken the broth with flour or cornstarch.
  2. With grass fed meats you can lower temperature another 25 degrees and cook an extra 90 minutes.
  3. Grass fed meats do much better when cooked at a lower temperature
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Pot Roast – Grass or Pasture Raised