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| Slow Cooker Italian Pot Roast |
ShawdoS
Recipes: 19
Joined Aug '06
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Ready in over 3 hours
- 1 cinnamon stick, broken into pieces
- 4 whole cloves
- 3 allspice berries
- 6 black peppercorns
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 3 1/2 lbs. beef pot roast, trimmed of excess fat
- 1 yellow onion, finely chopped
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 celery stalks, sliced
- 2 carrots, peeled and sliced
- 1 cup hearty red wine
- 1 can (28 oz.) crushed tomatoes
- salt
- chopped fresh parsley for garnish
| | Serves 4-6
Combine the cinnamon, cloves, allspice and peppercorns in a mortar or coffee grinder and grind to a fine powder.
Heat a large sauté pan over medium-high heat and add the oil. Add the meat and cook, turning, for 10-15 minutes, until browned on all sides. Using tongs, transfer meat to slow cooker.
Add the onion to the sauté pan and sauté, stirring frequently, for 10 minutes, or until lightly browned. Add the spice mixture and cook for 2 minutes. Add the red wine and cook for about 10 minutes, until reduced by about one-third. Stir in the crushed tomatoes and salt to taste.
Pour the sauce over the meat in the slow cooker. Cover and cook on low for about 8 hours, until the meat falls away from the bone. Transfer to a warmed serving dish and garnish with parsley. Serve immediately.
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| Artichokes |
Louish
Recipes: 7
Joined Jul '06
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Ready in about minutes or less!
- Artichoke(s)
- -- For the pot of water --
- Salt & Pepper
- Dill
- Basil
- Cayenne
- Garlic
- Lemon
- -- For the dipping sauce --
- (Butter & Lemon) or (Ranch)
| | First trim the chokes. Cut off the stalk, right to the bottom of the bulb part.
Now cut off the top thistle ends. About one-fourth to one-third down from the top. Wash out in cold water.
I like to season the water with salt and pepper to taste, and some herbs, dill and basil are good, and other peppers, cayenne, white pepper, or pasilla, lemon and garlic.
Next place the choke in boiling water (I personally fill the water so it covers 2/3 of the choke), cover with lid, reduce heat to simmer, and steam for 20 to 40 minutes (depending on size) -- they are done when the leaves pull away easily.
Then when they are done, let them cool off, I turn them upside down in a bowl so all the water drains out.
Melt some butter and add some lemon for the dipping sauce. If you don't want to use butter, you can use ranch.
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