Harvest Crock Pot Roast
- Ready In:
- 6hrs 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
-
4
ingredients
- 1 beef roast, of any size and quality
- 1-2 onion, sliced thickly
- 1 large sweet potatoes or 1 large yam, peeled and cut in chunks
- 226.79 g whole baby yellow squash, rinsed, with stems cut off
- 3 small granny smith apples (about 1 lb.) or 3 small other tart baking apples, cored and cut in large chunks (about 1 lb.)
- 354.88 ml spicy apple cider
- 59.14 ml apple cider vinegar
- 59.14 ml brown sugar
- garam masala (an Indian spice blend)
- kosher salt
- roux, for gravy (optional)
directions
- Place onions in bottom of slow cooker.
- Trim any visible fat from roast.
- Rub all over, on both sides, with garam masala and salt to taste.
- Place roast in slow cooker with yam or sweet potato, squash, and apples piled around it.
- Mix together spicy cider, vinegar, and sugar.
- (If store-bought spicy cider is not available, substitute 1 1/2 cups plain apple cider, 2 tablespoons orange juice, 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon, a pinch of ground nutmeg, 1/4 teaspoon orange or lemon zest, and a dash of lemon juice.) Pour liquid mixture over meat and vegetables, making sure all parts of the roast are covered by about the same amount of liquid, and no vegetables are dry.
- Cover and cook on"high" for 5 to 8 hours, or"low" 10 to 12 hours, until roast falls apart easily when tested with a serving spoon.
- If desired, add liquids to roux in a saucepan and whisk to make a gravy.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
ketchupqueen
Tujunga, California