Bohemian Pot Roast Recipes

BOHEMIAN PORK ROAST

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
• Heat a roasting pan over medium high heat until hot. Rub the roast with the marjoram, salt and pepper. Brown all sides of the roast in the hot roasting pan. Sprinkle caraway seeds over all and pour in enough water to come halfway up the sides of the roast.
• Cover and place roast in the preheated oven. Bake for 1 1/2 hours, or until an internal temperature of 145 degrees F (63 degrees C) is reached, about 30 minutes per pound. Remove from oven and let sit for 10 minutes before carving.

CZECH ROAST PORK

Steps:

• In a bowl, form a paste using the vegetable oil, mustard, caraway seeds, garlic powder, salt, and pepper. Rub over the pork roast, and let sit about 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Arrange the onions in the bottom of a large roasting pan. Pour in the beer. Place the roast, fat side down, on top of the onions. Cover the pan with foil.
• Roast 1 hour in the preheated oven. Remove foil, turn roast, and score the fat. Continue roasting 2 1/2 hours, or to a minimum internal temperature of 145 degrees F (63 degrees C). Remove from heat, reserving pan juices, and let sit about 20 minutes before slicing thinly.
• In a saucepan, bring the reserved pan juices to a boil. Mix in the butter and cornstarch to thicken, reduce heat, and simmer 5 to 10 minutes. Serve with the sliced pork.

BOHEMIAN POT ROAST

Steps:

• In a large resealable plastic bag, combine flour and pepper. Add beef; turn to coat. In a Dutch oven, brown roast over medium heat in oil on all sides. Drain. , Stir in the water, tomatoes, caraway seeds, onion soup mix and bay leaves. Bring to boil. Reduce heat; cover tightly and simmer 2-3 hours or until roast is tender. , Remove roast to a serving platter; keep warm. Let stand for 5 minutes before slicing., Discard bay leaves. For gravy, combine water and flour until smooth. Add to the cooking liquid; bring to a boil. Cook and stir for 1-2 minutes or until thickened. Slice roast and serve with gravy.

CZECH ROAST PORK LOIN (VEPROVA PECENE) RECIPE

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Heat the oven to 400 F.
• Trim excess fat from the pork. Save the fat, if desired, to be rendered later and used for frying. Rub salt and pepper, to taste, into the meat. Heat the 3 tablespoons lard or vegetable oil in a large skillet.
• When the lard or oil is hot, carefully place the meat in the skillet and brown on all sides.
• Place the browned meat in a roasting pan large enough to accommodate it, but with the not too much extra room (otherwise the juices will evaporate too quickly).
• On the meat, sprinkle 1 tablespoon dried marjoram, 2 tablespoons caraway seeds, 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley, and 1 cup water. Then lay the onion slices on top of the meat.
• Place in the oven and roast for 1 1/2 to 2 hours, basting with pan juices every 15 to 20 minutes, and adding water as necessary. If the meat is browning too fast, cover loosely with aluminum foil.
• When the meat is done, remove it to a serving platter. Skim any fat from the surfaces of the pan juices and add salt and pepper to taste.
• Serve slices of the pork with sliced dumplings covered with pan juices. Don't forget the side of cabbage-red is preferred! Leftover meat slices make terrific sandwiches. Source: I adapted this recipe from one in "The Best of Czech Cooking" by Peter Trnka (Hippocrene Books Inc., 2009).

CZECHOSLOVAKIAN BEEF ROAST WITH DILL GRAVY

Steps:

• In a large pot.
• Add your water-beef roast-celery-carrots.
• Bring the pot to a boil.
• Then let it simmer for about 1 1/2 hours.
• This is just like you were making soup.
• If you want to skip this part. Just add instead of water 4-cans of beef broth. This is just the old fashion way of making beef broth.
• After 1 1/2 hours of cooking take the beef out of the pot.
• You should have about 2 1/2 cups of beef broth left in the pot.
• put in the dill and bring the pot to a boil.
• Then add the sour cream-sugar-white vinegar and mix very well.
• Then add the flour mix very well so there are no lumps.
• Then put the beef back in the pot and cook for about 1/2 hour. If the gravy is a little thin add little flour till it is thick the way you like it. After it is done taste the gravy you may like to add a little salt. You can put this over wide noodles-potatoes or I like bread dumplings. Tell me how you like it.