Beef Braised in Stock and Red Wine
When the cold weather hits this is a great recipe to warm you. Don’t worry about alcohol content. It cooks away and leaves behind a rich taste to enhance the meat.
Serve with Egg Noodles, Snazzy Tomato Salad, and Red Wine – Cabernet Sauvignon.
Serve with Egg Noodles, Snazzy Tomato Salad, and Red Wine – Cabernet Sauvignon.
Ingredients:
1 tsp. (5ml) garlic, pressed
1 tsp. (5ml) dried oregano
Freshly ground pepper to taste
8 – 10 half-inch (1.25cm) pieces of bacon
3 lbs. (1.5kg) English cut or rump roast
3 tbsp. (42g) butter
1 tbsp. (15ml) olive oil
½ cup (60g) onions, coarsely chopped
¼ cup (30g) carrots, coarsely chopped
¼ cup (30g) celery, coarsely chopped
½ cup (120ml) dry red wine
2 cups (500ml) beef stock
1½ cups (350ml) canned diced tomatoes, drained
1 bay leaf
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 350° F (180°C).
Mix garlic, oregano, pepper, and bacon together. Make deep incisions in beef and insert bacon.
In a heavy skillet combine 1 tbsp. butter with olive oil over medium-high heat. Brown beef evenly on all sides.
Melt remaining butter over moderate heat in a Dutch oven. Be careful not to let it burn while you place prepped onions, carrots, and celery on a cutting board and chop them together until fine. Stir this mixture into the Dutch oven. Stir frequently for 10 minutes or until veggies are soft and lightly colored. Place the browned beef on top.
Discard most of the fat from the skillet. Pour in wine and boil briskly over high heat, stirring and scraping in browned fragments that cling to the bottom and sides of the pan. When the wine’s reduced to ¼ cup (60ml), add it to the Dutch oven with beef stock, chopped tomatoes, and bay leaf. The liquid should come about a third of the way up the side of the beef. Add more stock if necessary. Bring to a boil over high heat, cover tightly, and braise in the middle of the oven for 2 hours or until meat is tender when pierced with the tip of a sharp knife.
Next, and this is really important, especially if you’re cooking on your own. Pour yourself a glass of red wine, grab a good book, and read for the duration of the cooking time. You deserve it.
Transfer meat to a cutting board, tent with foil, and let rest 10 minutes.
Strain sauce through a fine sieve into a serving bowl, press hard on the vegetables to extract all their juice. Skim off as much fat as possible.
EGG NOODLES
Follow package directions to cook. If the noodles are done before you’re ready, drain them in a colander and set the lid on top to keep them warm.
REMEMBER: all noodles/pasta can easily be re-warmed by pouring hot water over them before serving.
To serve, scoop noodles onto dinner plates. Lay slices of meat alongside, overlapping each other. Top with a hearty serving of sauce.
Don’t worry about the quantity if you and your favorite partner are the only ones at the dinner table. Slice off just the amount of roast you think you’ll eat, and freeze the rest in the sauce. It’s great for those days when you’re too busy to bother with more work.
Your stove and counter top will be a mess from boiling down the wine. No problem! Grab the glass cleaner. A few sprays and it wipes right up.
My Thoughts
Since it is NOT cold here I followed the instructions up to the part where the roast goes in the oven for two hours, instead I put everything in the crock pot on high for four hours.
It is way too hot to turn my oven on. I did that for the last recipe and almost died. This time I knew better than to heat my house up with the oven.
Since the roast cooked in a crock pot it didn't slice, it pretty much fell apart so I basically shredded it. Which was actually great. I put the noodles and shredded roast into a bowl and topped it with the liquid and veggies (which I didn't squish or strain out. I left them in to give it texture. I like veggies. Sorry I seem absolutely incapable of following a recipe to a T. I always change something).
It was delicious- and once again my entire household agreed this was a good dinner.
If you have kids and picky eaters you know how hard it is to get them to agree on anything. Trying to plan dinners everyone will eat is a nightmare.
Though the youngest is finally getting into food, in fact I think he's turning into a little foodie. I love his critiques.
This is another meal that will go into rotation for family dinners.
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| Everything added to the crock to cook for 4 hours |
It is way too hot to turn my oven on. I did that for the last recipe and almost died. This time I knew better than to heat my house up with the oven.
Since the roast cooked in a crock pot it didn't slice, it pretty much fell apart so I basically shredded it. Which was actually great. I put the noodles and shredded roast into a bowl and topped it with the liquid and veggies (which I didn't squish or strain out. I left them in to give it texture. I like veggies. Sorry I seem absolutely incapable of following a recipe to a T. I always change something).
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| Shredded Roast |
It was delicious- and once again my entire household agreed this was a good dinner.
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| Egg Noodles |
If you have kids and picky eaters you know how hard it is to get them to agree on anything. Trying to plan dinners everyone will eat is a nightmare.
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| Broth |
Though the youngest is finally getting into food, in fact I think he's turning into a little foodie. I love his critiques.
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| Delicious |
This is another meal that will go into rotation for family dinners.
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| All mixed up- yummy |
Date Night Dinners
Publisher: Toque and Dagger
Publication Date: May 29, 2018
ASIN: B07DD5HDVL
Page Count: 136 pages
Genre: Cookbook
About the Book:
Ready to ignite that old flame? Or perhaps spark a new one? Take your partner by the hand and turn on your stove. A true romantic, award-winning author Sloane Taylor brings her creativity to the kitchen with easy-to-make meals sure to spark the intimacy and quality time you want with your special someone. Cooking together is only the start of the fun!
Create 45 complete dinners for two or flavor your evenings with a new dish. These 80 recipes use everyday foods already on most kitchen shelves. The recipes are easily increased for those fun times friends or family join your table.
Date Night Dinners, Meals to Make Together for a Romantic Evening, is an ideal gift for engagements, bridal showers, anniversaries, or for anyone who wants to spice things up.
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15 comments:
Roxanne, I love your family! Thank you for the terrific review and posting t on your blog. I'm glad you made the beef your own. That's what we're supposed to do with recipes.:)
This meal sounds fabulous. I will definitely be trying this one!
Glad to hear it, Amber. Be sure to tell us how you adapt it.:)
Thank you for the great recipes.
Both of them that I tried so far - my entire family loved- which is a big win for picky eaters.
I will definitely be trying more recipes out of this book!
Vampires and red wine - great combo.
Thanks, Roxanne, and please be sure to let me know how you improve on them.:)
I agree, Vonnie! Thanks for coming out.:)
Sloane makes cooking easy AND delicious! A winning combo!
Thanks for all your support, HL. You ladies are appreciated.:)
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