Company Pot Roast

Total Time: 4 hrs Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 (3 1/2 lb) boneless chuck roast
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 medium onion
• 1 small carrot
• 1 celery rib
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 1 (16 ounce) can beef broth
• 1 (16 ounce) can chicken broth
• 2 -3 sprigs thyme
• 1/4 cup red wine
• 2 medium garlic cloves
• salt
• pepper

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 300 degrees.
• 2 dry roast and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• 3 heat oil in dutch oven.
• 4 brown roast on all sides, reducing heat if fat begins to smoke; 8 to 10 minutes.
• 5 transfer roast to plate. reduce heat.
• 6 saute vegetables until they begin to brown, 6 to 8 minutes.
• 7 add garlic and sugar and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds.
• 8 add broth, thyme & return roast to pan.
• 9 bake 3 1/2 to 4 hours, turning every thirty minutes or so.
• 10 remove roast, skim fat and discard thyme.
• 11 add wine and reduce to about 1 1/2°c.
• 12 can add potatoes, carrots or other root vegetables about 45 minutes before finishing.