Steps:
- 1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- 2. In a casserole large enough to hold the meat (covered with a layer of fat and tied), heat the butter.
- 3. When foaming subsides add the onions and carrots and saute for about 10 minutes or until they take on some color.
- 4. With a slotted spoon remove them and reserve for later.
- 5. Add the oil to the casserole and heat over high heat.
- 6. Add the beef and brown the meat on all sides; this should take 15 minutes to get a deep golden color.
- 7. Return the vegetables to the casserole, stuffing them underneath the meat.
- 8. Add the garlic, tomatoes, bouquet garni.
- 9. Heat the casserole until you hear it sizzle, drape the meat loosely with aluminum foil, cover the casserole tightly and place it in the lower third of the oven.
- 10. Cook for 1 hour, turn the meat over, lower the heat to 325 and continue to cook until the beef is tender, another 1 1/2 to 2 hours.
- 11. Remove the meat to a platter.
- 12. Strain cooking juices into a saucepan, pressing down hard on the vegetables to extract their liquid.
- 13. Let liquid settle for a minute, then skim off surface fat.
- 14. Heat the liquid and reduce slightly; adjust seasoning.
- 15. Slice the roast and spoon the gravy over the top.
- 16. Serve with braised carrots and boiled parsleyed potatoes (make extra for cold potato salad and beef salad next day).
- 17. Yield: 8 servings
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