Nov 24, 2012
I was looking for a way to do a roast that wasn't the standard 'onion soup and mushroom' treatment. I followed the ingredient list to the letter. I followed the cooking method up to the braising time and temperature. I started out at 350F and after 1 hour turned the temp down to 300F. The roast was in the oven for a total of 5 hours. This was fall apart tender and also moist. The smell was great, the flavor was good and I still wanted more intensity in flavor with the end product. After taking the meat out and tenting with foil to let it rest, I took 1 1/2 cups of the juice from the pan, added 1 cup of a nice merlot, 1/4 cup of brown sugar, 2 T honey, 2 T balsamic vinegar, 1/2 tsp beef boullion, 1 T of Worcestershire and a few good shakes of Frank's Hot sauce. I reduced that on the stove top and thickened it just a tad with a little bit of a roux until I had a syrup like consistency. Pouring a bit of that over the meat after it was plated gave it just the distinct flavor that I had hoped for from the recipe itself. You could certainly serve this with the traditional potatoes and carrots if you wanted to, but I think it lends itself better to the treatment I gave it, allowing a lesser cut of meat to really shine.
—Dutchgirl
