Pot Roast with Wild Mushrooms and Fresh Thyme

Name: Pot Roast with Wild Mushrooms and Fresh Thyme
Prep time: 4 h 30 min
Cook time: 4 h 30 min
Total time: 4 h 30 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 6 servings freshly ground black pepper; 2 Tbsps butter; 355 milliliters coarsely chopped peeled carrots; 355 milliliters coarsely chopped celery; 907 grams mixed mushrooms such as chanterelle, trumpet, enoki, cremini, and/or button, rinsed briefly and cut into bite-size pieces; 79 milliliters About all-purpose flour; 6 servings Kosher salt; 946 milliliters reduced-sodium beef broth; 750 milliliters bottle Merlot or other dry red wine; 3 Tbsps olive oil; 355 milliliters coarsely chopped onions; 1 teaspoon shredded orange peel; 177 milliliters chopped shallots; 3 fresh thyme sprigs plus 1 tbsp. chopped leaves; 2 kilograms boned, tied beef chuck roast

This recipe makes 6 servings with 327 calories, 7g of protein, and 12g of fat each. This recipe covers 22% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have merlot, mushrooms such as chanterelle, kosher salt, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 4 hours and 30 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 32

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Sprinkle roast lightly with salt and pepper; coat generously with flour.

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All Purpose Flour

Pour oil into a large (at least 6-qt.), heavy ovenproof pot over medium-high heat.

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Cooking Oil

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Add beef and cook, turning as needed, until browned all over, about 15 minutes total.

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Transfer to a plate.

Add chopped vegetables to pot and cook, stirring often, until beginning to brown, 10 to 12 minutes.

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Vegetable

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Add broth, wine, thyme sprigs, and beef. Cover and bring to a boil, then transfer pot to oven.

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Fresh Thyme

Broth

Beef

Wine

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Bake until beef is tender when pierced, 3 to 3 1/4 hours, turning roast over once.

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Beef

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Meanwhile, melt butter in a large frying pan over medium-high heat.

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Butter

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Add shallots and cook, stirring often, until beginning to brown, 3 to 4 minutes.

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Shallot

Add mushrooms, increase heat to high, and cook, stirring often, until liquid has evaporated and mushrooms are beginning to brown, 12 to 14 minutes. Stir in thyme leaves and salt and pepper to taste.

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Thyme

Mushrooms

Transfer beef to a platter; cover with foil and keep warm in a 200 oven.

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Beef

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Pour braising liquid through a strainer into a wide frying pan. Skim off fat. Boil over high heat until reduced by about half, about 20 minutes. Stir in orange peel and salt and pepper to taste.

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Salt And Pepper

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