Winter Pot Roast
A delicious slow cooked beef brisket or silverside pot roast with seasonal vegetables.
prep time
20 mins
cook time
1 hour 20 minutes
serves
6 people
Ingredients
- 1 x 1.3kg lean brisket or silverside joint
- ½ teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 2 tablespoons sunflower oil
- 50g streaky bacon, cut into cubes (or pancetta cubes)
- 2 garlic cloves, peeled and finely chopped
- 2 onions, peeled and chopped
- 2 large carrots, peeled and roughly chopped
- 1 small celeriac, peeled and cubed or 2 large celery sticks, chopped
- 300ml good, hot beef stock
- 1 x 400g can chopped tomatoes
- 2 bay leaves
- 2 tablespoons freshly chopped flat-leaf parsley
Method
- Place the joint on a chopping board and make several slashes over the surface taking care not to cut the butcher's string. Season with salt and dust with the cayenne pepper on both sides.
- Heat the oil in a large non-stick frying pan and brown all over with the bacon or pancetta. Transfer to a large ovenproof casserole dish.
- Preheat the oven to 170°C, 150°C Fan, Gas Mark 3.
- In the same frying pan add the garlic, onion, carrot and celeriac or celery. Cook over a moderate heat for 3-4 minutes then spoon into the casserole dish.
- Add the stock, chopped tomatoes and bay leaves. Bring to the boil, reduce the heat and cook on the hob or in the oven for 2½-3 hours.
- Garnish with parley and serve with cauliflower cheese.
