Best Memory Lane Spanish Roast Recipes

SPANISH POT ROAST

Steps:

• Brown meat in 1/4 c dressing.
• Add remaining dressing and 1/2 c water.
• Cover.
• Simmer 2 hours and 15 minutes.
• Add onions, potatoes and olives.
• Continue simmering 45 minutes, until meat and vegetables are tender.
• Remove meat and vegetables to warm, serving platter.
• Gradually add remaining 1/4 c water to flour.
• Stir until well blended.
• Gradually add flour mixture to hot liquid in pan.
• Cook, stirring constantly until mixture boils and thickens.
• Simmer 3 minutes, stirring constantly.
• Serve with meat and vegetables.

MOM'S CHUCK ROAST - MY FAVORITE!

Steps:

• Cut off the vast majority of the fat from the (NOT previously frozen) roast. For me, this usually results in maybe 4-5 variously sized pieces of usable meat culled from one roast.
• Place a layer of oil (to coat bottom) in a cast iron skillet on the stove over medium-high and while that's heating ----.
• ---- poke holes part way through each piece of roast meat with a knife tip a few times on each side. This simply provides more surface area for the flavor to cling to. Rub all meat surfaces well - first with Kitchen Bouquet, then with the chopped garlic.
• When the skillet is hot, add meat and sear on all sides until well-browned, about 2 minutes on each side or whatever achieves the nicest deep brown.
• Add water to almost cover roast (maybe 1/4" below top of roast) - somewhere between 1 and 2 cups.
• Continue to heat until water just starts to bubble, then reduce heat to low or simmering, cover and braise for 2 to 2 1/2 hours. Braising cuts down the connective tissue in tougher cuts of meat.
• At the end of cooking time when meat is tender, remove lid and boil water and juices in skillet until volume reduces by almost half.
• Turn off heat and move all of the meat pieces to a plate. Cover with foil to keep warm.
• Remove oil from juices with a gravy separator. This is VERY important to making successful gravy. Doing it by hand with a spoon or bulb baster is a tedious job, so I just ordered a Trudeau gravy/fat separator to make life easier. ;).
• Return about 1 cup of the separated water/juice/gravy fluid to the skillet heated to medium-high.
• Mix the Wondra with just enough water to make a thinnish paste. While whisking FEVERISHLY, ~slowly~ pour the thin paste into the sauce to combine and prevent lumps from forming. Wondra flour in the tall blue can works Wondra-fully and is made for this purpose. (Hey, any opportunity I have for making stupid puns shall not go wasted.).
• For the next few minutes, continue whisking as though your very life depended on it, even after the Wondra/flour has incorporated into the sauce. Then, still whisking, slowly add the milk.
• When gravy is heated through, it's ready to pour over hunks of roast beast and boiled tater slices! Season *after* tasting as it may already be just fine. However, I highly recommend some finishing salt to bump that puppy right over the edge of heaven! Saltistry's "herb grey" is absolute bliss.
• Oh, and for leftovers, might I suggest a beef version of Breakfast Pork Hash (Recipe #170376?) :).

POT ROAST LATINO STYLE/CARNE ASADA AL ESTILO LATINO

Steps:

• 1. This pot roast is slow cooked on top of the stove about 3 1/2 to 4 hours covered and not in the oven. Take your roast and season with 1 tsp garlic powder, balck pepper and salt all over the roast. Next in a large plastic bag or deep large bowl roll and dredge meat in flour. Coating the meat real good all over.
• 2. Next in a large deep heavy pot that has a tight fitting lid heat your oil until just shimmering with a large meat fork pick up roast and slowly put it into the hot oil and begin to sear and brown on all sides. This should take about two and a half minutes per side. Take your time lower the heat if you see that it starts to brown to much. You want a nice golden crust all over the meat on each side. When your meat has browned all over carfully remove the meat to a platter and drain all of the oil into a small pot. Save the oil you will need some of it later. Now put the meat back into the heavy pot add the can of beef broth, two cans water, halved or quarted onions, jalapeno, pimento halves, parsley, cilantro, bay leafs, wine, 1 tsp garlic powder, salt, pepper, oregano, and cumin powder. stir all of the veggies and seasoning in the water/wine and broth mixture. Cover with the lid and cook for 2 and half hours over a medium low heat. Liquid shoud be slow simmering all the while the roast is cooking. Avoid uncovering just check every hour to be sure liquid is not evaporating. If the liquid drops too low just add a cup of water and continue to cook. While the meat cooks heat the oil that was drained off the meat addd the mashed garlic and lightly fry on low heat avoid burning the garlic. Set aside.
• 3. After two hours have passed uncover and with the fork poke into the thickest part of meat to see if it is tender. If the fork goes through with some resistence Add the potatoes and carrots all around the meat and pour some of the garlic oil over the meat and potatoes. Cover again and cook another hour and a half with out uncovering. After the hour and a half have passed uncover pot check to see if the potatoes and carrots are done. If they are tender remove all of the potatoes, carrots, & celery stalks to a platter with the meat. (Impotatant Be sure your remove all of the celery stalks and the bay leaves if you have'nt already done it.) You may throw the celery stalks away if you like. I like to eat mine but they will be stringy, but I like the taste of celery. Some people don't like them because they are stringy,
• 4. Shut off the heat and before doing anything else remove the bay leaves from the broth then with an immersion blender very carefully begin to blend all of the contents of the broth. Blend until all is dissolved real good. If you don't have an immersion blender you will have to blend everything in the blender, do this by cupfulls so you don't burn yourself. Once all is blended pour broth back into the pot and put over medium heat.
• 5. While the broth is heating again, take the cornstarch and mix well into the cold milk. Add to the hot broth and mix with a wisk until the broth thickens. Cook for about 3 minutes when all is thickened remove a cupfull of the thickend broth and mix into a bowl with the crema Mexicana or sour cream. Mix real real good until all is well incorporated. Now add the mixture back to your pot and with the wire wisk mix all real well into your gravy. Add the meat, carrots, potatoes back into the gravy. Serve the meat sliced with the potatoes and carrots on the side and gravy over the meat. (Celery stalks are optional) Serve with a salad and warm tortillas delicious. Enjoy.

MOLLY'S SPANISH ROAST BEEF

Steps:

• Unroll beef and wipe with a clean cloth or paper towel.
• Finely chop one of the onions and sprinkle over beef. Cover with bacon rashers trimmed of fat, and re-roll beef. Tie or skewer securely.
• Chop garlic finely and place in a bowl with vinegar, and salt and pepper to taste. Stand beef in bowl for 5 minutes, turn beef and stand a further five minutes. Drain remaining marinade and reserve.
• Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a griddle, and sear beef on all sides until browned.
• Place beef in a baking dish with the extra tablespoon of olive oil, cover and cook in a hot oven (450 degree F) for 15 minutes.
• Remove from oven and pour red wine and reserved marinade over meat.
• Return to oven, reduce heat to 400 degrees, cover loosely with foil and cook for 1 1/4 hours, basting several times.
• Cut remaining two onions in half and place with tomatoes around joint, and bake uncovered for a further 30 minutes. Add a splash of water to pan if necessary.
• Beef should be moist and tender with a rich brown gravy.
• Serve with roasted vegetables.