Old Fashioned Pot Roast With Gravy Recipes

OLD-FASHIONED POT ROAST WITH GRAVY

Steps:

• Cut roast in half; brown in a Dutch oven in oil on all sides. Sprinkle with pepper. Place the carrots, onion and garlic in a 5-qt. slow cooker; top with the roast. In a bowl, combine the tomato sauce, wine or broth, Worcestershire sauce and seasonings; pour over roast. Cover and cook on low for 8-10 hours or until meat is tender., Remove meat and keep warm. Skim fat from cooking juices; pour into a saucepan. Bring to a boil. In a small bowl, combine the cornstarch and water until smooth; stir into cooking juices. Return to a boil; cook and stir for 1-2 minutes or until thickened. Serve with a sliced beef.

OLD FASHIONED BROWN GRAVY

Steps:

• Immediately after removing meat from a roasting pan or other pan, drain off the drippings, reserving 2 tablespoons. Sprinkle the flour over drippings; cook and stir over medium heat until brown. Gradually stir in milk, whisking with a fork to scrape up all of the meaty bits from the pan, then gradually whisk in the water. Increase the heat to medium-high, and cook, stirring constantly, until the gravy thickens, about 10 minutes. Taste, and season with salt and pepper.

OLD-FASHIONED POT ROAST

Steps:

• Sprinkle the roast with 1 tablespoon flour. In a Dutch oven, brown the roast on all sides in half of the butter. Add the water, bouillon, onion, celery, salt and pepper; bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 1 hour. , Add carrots; cover and simmer 45-60 minutes longer or until meat is tender. Remove meat and carrots to a serving platter and keep warm. Strain cooking juices; set aside. , In the same Dutch oven, melt remaining butter. Stir in remaining flour; cook and stir until bubbly. Add 2 cups of the cooking juices and blend until smooth. Cook and stir until thickened; add additional cooking juices until gravy has desired consistency.

OLD FASHIONED SUNDAY POT ROAST WITH VEGETABLES AND BROWN GRAVY

Steps:

• preheat the oven to 325*.
• make 9 deep incisions in the meat and insert the garlic pieces.
• Heat 1 tbls of oil in a heavy roasting pan; add the meat and brown on all sides over medium heat.
• transfer the meat to a plate.
• add the remaining tbls of oil to the pan, add the celery, onion, carrots and saute for about 5 minutes.
• add the stock, bay leaves green pepper and ketchup.
• return the meat to the pan, cover and bring to a boil.
• transfer to the oven and bake for 2 hours covered.
• set the meat aside and stir in the thyme, salt and pepper.
• at this point, the meat can be stored in the refrigerator until the next day.
• place the potatoes on the bottom of the pan and arrange the meat on top.
• re-cover, and bake 45 minutes or until the meat and potatoes are tender.
• in a small bowl, mash the butter and flour together to form a smooth paste is formed.
• transfer the meat to a large heated platter and using a slotted spoon, remove the carrots and potatoes and arrange them around the meat.
• discard the bell pepper, bay leaves and celery.
• bring the pan juices to a boil over high heat.
• then whisk in the butter mixture by tablespoonfuls.
• cook over high heat until the mixture forms a gravy, then reduce heat and simmer for 3 minutes.
• add hot pepper sauce to taste.].
• pour some of the gravy over the meat and pass the remainder with the meat and vegetables at the table.

OLD FASHIONED POT ROAST WITH ONION GRAVY

Steps:

• Rinse meat under cold running water; pat dry with paper towels. Trim any visible fat, then dust meat with flour.
• In a large Dutch oven, over medium-high heat, heat 2 tablespoons oil. Add meat and cook
• until browned on underside, 5 to 7 minutes. Turn meat and cook until underside is browned, 5 to 6 minutes longer. Remove to a plate.
• Preheat oven to 325°F Add remaining oil to Dutch oven and stir in onions. Cook until onions begin to soften and color, 4 to 5 minutes. Add garlic and cook 1 minute longer add wine and cook down 4 to 5 minute Pour in tomato juice, stirring and scraping to pick up any bits from bottom. Season with thyme, papnka, and bay leaf. Add salt and pepper to taste.
• Return beef to pot and add enough water to cover all ingredients. Bring to a boil and skim any foam that comes to the surface. Cover tightly and cook in the oven until beef is fork-tender, 3 to 3 1/2 hours. Add carrots and potatoes to pot and cook until tender, 30 to 60 minute.
• Remove Dutch oven from the oven and remove cover. If liquid is too thin, remove the beef to a deep serving platter and reduce gravy to thicken slightly. Spoon gravy with onions and carrots around beef and garnish with parsley. Serve meat carved into ¼ inch slices.