Braised Beef Pot Roast

Total Time: 50 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 lbs sirloin, 1" thick
• 1 tablespoon olive oil, or canola oil
• 2 onions, cut in eighths
• 8 carrots, cut in 2" pieces
• 4 stalks celery, cut in 2" pieces
• 1/2 cup red vinegar, or 1 cup red
• 1 1/2 cups beef broth
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 bay leaf
• 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1/8 teaspoon salt and black pepper, freshly ground

Recipe

• 1 trim fat from beef. cut a length of kitchen string about four times the length of the roast and wrap once around the length, then around width several times, tying where it comes together.
• 2 in a large dutch oven, heat oil over moderately high heat. brown beef on all sides. transfer to a plate.
• 3 add vegetables to pan and saute for about 7 minutes or until browned and slightly softened. transfer to a plate.
• 4 return beef to pan. add vinegar, stock, herbs, salt and pepper. stir to blend. cover and simmer gently about two hours, turning meat every 30 minutes.
• 5 return vegetables to pot, cover, and simmer about 15 m inutes, or until beef is very tender.
• 6 discard bay leaf. slice meat and arrange on platter surrounded by vegetables. serve with pot juices.