Italian Style Pot Roast (Crock Pot)
- Ready In:
- 11hrs 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Serves:
-
6-8
ingredients
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 4 lbs beef roast (such as chuck roast)
- 2 ounces pancetta or 2 ounces regular bacon
- 2 medium onions, 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
directions
- Preheat your crock pot to High heat.
- In a large skillet, heat oil over med-hi heat. Add roast and brown well on all sides.
- While roast is browning, chop pancetta or bacon into small pieces.
- Chop onion, carrot and celery as well.
- Mince garlic.
- Place browned roast in crock pot.
- Reduce heat in skillet to medium and add the pancetta, onions, carrots and celery to pan.
- Saute until starting to soften. Then add garlic, salt, pepper, cinnamon stick, cloves and bay leaves.
- cook and stir for 1 more minute.
- Add tomato paste and wine. Stir and bring to a boil.
- Pour over roast in crock and turn roast to make sure it is coated on all sides.
- Cover and cook on Low for 10-12 hours or Hi for 5-6 hours.
- When meat is done, remove to a platter and cover with foil to keep warm.
- 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.
- Remove bay leaves and cinnamon stick and cloves if you can.
- Add olives and heat through.
- Serve sauce over meat.
- Enjoy!
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Reviews
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Mmmm Mmmmmm Good. This roast just hit the spot. I couldn't wait to try this a dinner. The house smelt great and I was getting hungrier and hungrier. This was a full flavored meal. I also didn't reduce the broth. I removed the roast from the crock pot and shredded it and then placed it back into the crock pot. Served it over curly noodles. I recommend this recipe. It is worth the time. Just a note, if you purchase a crock pot with a browning unit it saves time.
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