Comfort food: The ultimate (and easy) pot roast
Melt-in-the-mouth beef brisket that has been slow cooked in the oven with a handful of ingredients.
Servings Prep Time
8people 10minutes
Cook Time Passive Time
4hours 1hour
Servings Prep Time
8people 10minutes
Cook Time Passive Time
4hours 1hour
Ingredients
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven at 150 degrees Celsius (300 Fahrenheit), Gas Mark 2. In a wide pot roast pan, place some olive oil. Add the meat so it browns all over. Set aside when done.
  2. In a bowl add the chopped tomatoes, Port wine, balsamic vinegar and Worcestershire sauce and mix well. Chop the shallots into thin slices and peel the garlic cloves (optional).
  3. Pour this mix over the meat and scatter the garlic cloves and shallots around it and season with freshly ground black pepper, bay leaves, thyme and a generous amount of salt flakes. Remember, you won’t be able to adjust the salt during the time it roasts and adding it at the end is not the same, as it just sits on the meat rather than season it. Cover with a lid and place in the middle of the oven. After 4 hours, remove the brisket from the pan, place it in a deep dish and cover with 2 layers of aluminium foil to rest for 1 hour.
  4. If you prepare the meat the day before you need to serve it, not only it tastes better but you also have the opportunity to remove the fat from the sauce. Place the pan with the sauce in the fridge without the meat overnight. The next day the fat has become hard and set on top so it should be easy to remove this top layer. You get left with non-fatty yummy sauce (you should also freeze this fat and use it to make a delicious meaty rice to serve with roast meat).
  5. Cut the meat into slices, place them back on the pan and cover. Heat everything up in a preheated oven at 150 degrees for 30 minutes.
  6. Perfect to serve on a bed of pasta (preferably small like mini-farfalle or orzo) or anything that will soak up that wonderful deep sauce (e.g. mash). With the leftovers (if there are any), you can make a delicious roasted meat sandwich!