Winter Outside? Time for Pot Roast

The winds all last night, were howling and blowing. Seriously, 50 knots, easily... gusts to near hurricane strength, too.

Luckily, the cold wasn't too bad... because, it also rained cats and dogs, all night and into this morning, too.

Lately, someone has not been able to stop talking about butts and bottoms, and behinds and more... and that got me to thinking, 'Oh, I think I will do a Pot Roast!'

So, off I head, to the grocery store, to find a roast boeuf (sometimes, called Roast Beast, in Whoville!) I have all the carrot, onion, celery, and herbs and spices, all I need is the roast. Oh, and some sort of rolls, or something I can bake fresh.

Recipe
4 pound (abt 1800g) Roast
Olive oil
2 onions (I used 3 since they were smaller)
Celery
Carrot
Cup (about a quarter liter) of Hearty Red Wine
2 cups (half liter) of beef stock
Fresh Thyme (I used the dried Thyme from my garden)
2 large carrot ( I have a bunch fo smaller carrot, so, I used those)
All Purpose Flour
small can Tomato Paste

• Heat over to 350ºF (175ºC)
• Lightly Flour, Salt and Pepper the roast all sides
• IN a large Dutch Oven, over medium high heat, add olive oil, and Brown all sides of the roast.
• Add the wine, beef stock, celery, carrot, onion, tomato paste, thyme and leftover flour from when you coated roast sides. Cover and bring to a simmer. Place into Oven
• Let cook for 1 1/2 hours
• In a separate roasting pan, cut up celery, onion, sweet pepper, carrot and other vegetables, Place into oven for 1 hour hour, (I place vegetables under the broiler for the time the roast is resting, to get a nice brown, but WATCH CAREFULLY that the veggies do NOT burn)
• Let roast cook for 1 more hour, but start checking for doneness at about 30 minutes. Remove roast and place on cutting board. Let it sit while you make the gravy.
• while the roast is resting, add some flour to the Dutch
Oven and juices to thicken for gravy.
• While the gravy was thickening, I put some Pilsbury Grands® on a flat sheet and toasted them!

Sliced Roast Beast

Gravy

Roasted Veggies!

Baked Grands®!

There's nothing like a warm Pot Roast, and vegetables ona cold Winter night.

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Happy New Planting and Cheers,
BluefinStudios

Always, I strive to give back
To the animals and birds around me
to put more plants in than I take out
And be a good steward for the world around me!

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