Aunt Ciels Pot Roast Recipes

AUTUMN POT ROAST II

Steps:

• Mix together salt and flour, and rub mixture into the meat. In a Dutch oven, cook garlic in butter over medium heat. Place meat into pan, and brown on all sides. Remove beef from pan.
• Arrange sliced onions in the bottom of the Dutch oven, and then place the meat on top of the onions. Season with peppercorns, allspice, horseradish, and bay leaf. Pour in rum. Cover, and simmer over medium-low heat until tender, about 3 to 4 hours. A good pot roast will supply most of its own juices, but as it cooks pour 1/2 cup water over it to make an ample supply of gravy.
• Transfer roast to a platter. Stir gravy until smooth, and pour over roast.

MOMMA NEELY'S POT ROAST

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Season the roast on all sides with salt and pepper.
• In a Dutch oven over medium-high heat, heat the vegetable oil and sear the roast on all sides. Add the onions, garlic and tomato paste and cook until slightly colored. Add the wine, stock, thyme and bay leaves. Bring the liquid to a simmer, cover, and place in the oven.
• Roast for 1 1/2 hours and then add the carrots. Continue to cook for 1 more hour. Transfer the roast to a cutting board and let rest for 15 to 20 minutes. Slice and place on a serving platter. Skim the fat off the braising liquid and serve with the roast. Garnish with parsley.

POT ROAST 2

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Coat a Dutch oven with olive oil and bring to medium-high heat. Sprinkle the chuck roast generously with salt, add it to the Dutch oven and brown it on all sides. Remove from the pan and reserve. Drain the excess oil, lower the heat to medium, add a few drops of new oil and add the celery, onions and crushed red pepper to the pan. Season the vegetables with salt and cook until they are soft and very aromatic, 8 to 10 minutes. Add the garlic and cook for 1 to 2 minutes. Add the tomato paste and cook for 1 to 2 minutes. Toss in the vinegar, stir to combine and cook for 2 to 3 minutes. Taste and adjust the seasoning if needed. Toss in the bay leaves, orange strips, star anise and thyme bundle. Return the meat to the pan, and add 4 cups water. Add the orange zest. Cover the Dutch oven and put it in the oven for 1 hour. Remove the pan from the oven, turn the meat over and check the liquid level. If the liquid level has gone down, add about 1/2 cup water. Return the pan to the oven and cook for another hour.
• Remove the pan from the oven. Remove the meat from the pan and add the squash, Jerusalem artichokes and figs. Taste, then add the chicken stock and adjust seasoning, if needed. Return the meat to the pan, cover and cook for another 30 minutes.
• Remove the lid to the pan and roast until the squash and Jerusalem artichokes are tender and the liquid is reduced, another 15 to 20 minutes.
• Remove the pan from the oven. Remove the meat from the pan and skim off any excess fat from the surface of the cooking liquid, if need be. Slice the meat in 1/2-inch slices and serve with the veggies and pan juices.

AUNT CAROLYN'S MOOSE POT ROAST

Steps:

• Lard the roast well by inserting cubes of salt pork into small cuts in the roast.
• Heat butter in a Dutch oven or deep casserole and brown the meat on all sides.
• Add hot water, fruit juice, celery, parsley, thyme, salt and pepper.
• Cover and simmer gently for 3 hours on top of the stove or in the oven at 350 degrees until meat is tender.
• If liquid gets low, add water.
• About one hour before meal is to be served, add peeled potatoes, carrots and onions.
• Add a little additional salt for vegetables.
• When vegetables are tender, remove them and the meat to a platter and keep hot.
• Thicken liquid with 2-3 Tablespoons flour.

AUNT MARY'S POT ROAST

Steps:

• Heat the oil in an ovenproof dutch oven (I use cast iron). Brown the roast in the oil on all sides. Sprinkle the dry dressing mix over the meat and pour the beer over all. It will foam up! Place in a preheated oven set at 300 degrees and bake for 3 to 4 hours or until tender. I have baked it at 350 degrees for 2 to 3 hours before and had it turn out fine. If desired, you can add carrots and/or potatoes during the last hour of cooking.

"POT ROAST" OF SEITAN, AUNT GLORIA-STYLE

Steps:

• 1. Heat a large nonstick Dutch oven or one that has been sprayed with cooking spray. When hot, add the oil and onion and sauté over medium heat for about 5 minutes, or until the onion starts to soften.
• 2. Add the tomato sauce, cranberry sauce, horseradish, dry mustard, vinegar, and stock. Raise the heat and bring the sauce to a hard boil. Lower the heat to medium and simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally, for about 15 minutes.
• 3. Add the seitan. Lower the heat to a simmer and cook, covered, for 15 minutes more. Serve hot, or refrigerate overnight, reheat, and serve the next day.

AUNT CIEL'S POT ROAST

Steps:

• Put 1/2 can soup in bottom of Dutch oven.Add roast. Put in sugar, vinegar, dry soup.Top with the rest of the soup.Bake tightly covered at 300 F for 2 - 2 1/4 hrs.Add vegetables UNDER THE LIQUID and cook additional 60 minutes. NOTE: I used 2 cans soup and increased vinegar and brown sugar by 50% and got lots of gravy! Use more vetgetables