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Italian Style Pot Roast

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Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon oil
  • 4 lbs beef roast (such as chuck roast)
  • 12 oz. cipollini, blanched, peeled, finely chopped
  • 2 large carrots, peeled and sliced thinly
  • 2 stalks celery, sliced thinly, including the leaves
  • 2 garlic cloves, minced
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon cracked black pepper
  • 4 whole cloves
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1 cinnamon stick (about 2-inch long)
  • 2 tablespoons tomato paste
  • 1 cup dry red wine
  • 1/2 cup black olives, pitted and sliced in half

Details

Preparation time 45mins
Cooking time 300mins

Preparation

Step 1

1 Preheat your crock pot to High heat.
2 In a large skillet, heat oil over med-hi heat. Add roast and brown well on all sides.
3 While roast is browning, (optional) chop pancetta or bacon into small pieces.
4 Chop onion, carrot and celery as well.
5 Mince garlic.
6 Place browned roast in crock pot.
7 Reduce heat in skillet to medium and add the pancetta, onions, carrots and celery to pan.
8 Saute until starting to soften. Then add garlic, salt, pepper, cinnamon stick, cloves and bay leaves.
9 cook and stir for 1 more minute.
10 Add tomato paste and wine. Stir and bring to a boil.
11 Pour over roast in crock and turn roast to make sure it is coated on all sides.
12 Cover and cook on Low for 10-12 hours or Hi for 5-6 hours.
13 When meat is done, remove to a platter and cover with foil to keep warm.
14 Pour sauce from crock into a saucepan and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until it is reduced by about 1/3. Taste for seasoning.
15 Remove bay leaves and cinnamon stick and cloves if you can.
16 Add olives and heat through.
17 Serve sauce over meat.
18 Enjoy!

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