Not Your Ordinary Pot Roast

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

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 4 -5 lbs roast
• 1 cup season-all salt
• 1 tablespoon cardamom
• 1 tablespoon allspice
• 1 tablespoon thyme
• 1 tablespoon garlic powder
• 2 slices bacon
• 1 large onion
• 3 carrots
• 4 potatoes
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 (14 ounce) can chicken stock
• 1/2 cup cream sherry
• 3 tablespoons tomato paste
• 1/4 cup wine
• 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can diced tomatoes

Recipe

• 1 rub dry rub into meat and let set overnight in the fridge.
• 2 sear meat in a pan in hot oil from the bacon until very well browned.
• 3 remove meat and set in a 5 quart pot.
• 4 place half of the carrots and onion in pan cook until caramelized. pour half the sherry over to deglaze pan; stir in tomato paste, then pour over the meat in the pot.
• 5 cook remaining vegetables then add to pot.
• 6 put tomatoes in pot with meat along with chicken broth and remaining sherry.
• 7 add half of the potatoes.
• 8 cook on very low for 2 hours.
• 9 check sauce. if too thin, mash a few potatoes to thicken. now add remaining veggies and wine and cook for another hour.