Italian Pot Roast

My good friend James Joined this website: http://www.cookscountry.com/
You have to sign up and pay, so James did a trial and he was nice enough to give me his password so I could log on and get recipes too. So I decided the other day I should use the site…

Recipe

1 boneless beef chuck-eye roast (3 1/2-4 pounds),
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 medium onion, chopped

1 rib celery, chopped

1 pound cremini mushrooms, quartered


2 tablespoons tomato paste
1 (14.5-ounce) can diced tomatoes
1/2 cup canned tomato sauce
2 teaspoons sugar
1/2 cup water
1 cup red wine
1 large head garlic, outer papery skins removed, then halved


1 sprig fresh thyme
1 sprig fresh rosemary

1. Adjust oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 300 degrees. Pat roast dry with paper towels and season with salt and pepper.

2. Heat oil in Dutch oven over medium-high heat until just smoking.


Brown roast on all sides, 8 to 12 minutes.

Transfer roast to large plate.


Reduce heat to medium and cook onion, celery, mushrooms,


and tomato paste

until vegetables begin to soften, about 8 minutes. Add diced tomatoes,

tomato sauce,

sugar,

water, 1/2 cup wine, garlic,

and thyme.

Return roast and accumulated juices to pot


and bring to simmer over medium-high heat. Place piece of foil over pot, cover with lid, and transfer pot to oven.

3. Cook until roast is just fork-tender, 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 hours, flipping roast after 1 hour.


Uncover pot and let roast rest in juices for 30 minutes, skimming surface fat after 20 minutes. Transfer roast to carving board and tent with foil. Remove and reserve garlic head and skim remaining fat from pot. Add remaining 1/2 cup wine to pot, bring to boil over medium-high heat, and cook until sauce begins to thicken, about 12 minutes. Meanwhile, carefully squeeze garlic from halves and mash into paste. Add rosemary to pot and simmer until fragrant, about 2 minutes. Remove and discard rosemary and thyme sprigs, stir in mashed garlic, and season sauce with salt and pepper.
(I added potatoes to my roast 1 hour before it was done and peeled and cooked 4 potatoes in with the roast)

4. cut meat against grain into 1/2-inch-thick slices, or pull apart into large pieces. Transfer meat to serving platter and pour 3/4 cup sauce over meat. Serve with remaining sauce.

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