Lazy Bachelors Pot Roast Recipes

Steps:

• Wrap tightly in aluminum foil after salting and peppering to your taste. Make sure you have this on a pan the will catch any seeping juices.
• Put in a preheated 250 degree oven and bake for 5-6 hours. Turns out beautifully with enough natural juices to make gravy if desired.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
• In a 5-inch-deep Dutch oven, heat the oil over medium-high heat until very hot but not smoking. Dry the meat with paper towels, sprinkle it generously with salt and pepper, place in the pot, and brown well, about 8 to 10 minutes per side. When the meat is well browned, transfer it to a platter.
• Pour off fat or add oil to the pot as needed so you have about 2 tablespoons in the pot. Add the onions and saute, stirring, until translucent, 7 to 9 minutes.
• Add the vinegar and bring to a boil, scraping up any brown stuff from the bottom of the pan. Put the meat back in the pot and add the bay leaves, caraway seeds, brown sugar, marjoram, and enough stock so that the liquid comes halfway up the sides of the meat. Bring just to a simmer and skim any scum off the surface then cover, put in the oven, and cook until the beef is fork-tender, 2 1/2 to 3 hours. After 2 hours and 15 minutes, add the apples to the pot; after 2 1/2 hours, remove the apples with a slotted spoon, set aside, and begin checking the meat for doneness. To check for doneness, plunge a fork straight down into the meat and try to pull the fork out. If the fork slides out easily, the meat is done; if the meat hangs on to the fork, give it more time.
• When the meat is done, remove it from the pot, cover it loosely with foil, and let it rest for at least 10 minutes. Skim the fat from the braising liquid and taste the liquid. If it needs more flavor, place the pan on the stove over medium-high heat and simmer to reduce the liquid. For a thicker sauce, reduce it until it coats the back of a spoon. Season with salt and pepper. (You can also strain the liquid and pass it and the cooked onions separately.)
• Cut the meat into thin slices and serve accompanied by the apples, braising liquid, and onions.

Steps:

• Take the piece of meat you're going to use and if it's a large piece, nick it deeply so that it will cook faster. Put it in a caserole or cooking tray deep enough so that the sauce can cover the meat.
• If there are several pieces or thinner (ribbs, steaks, chicken wings, chicken legs) put them as they are in a cooking caserole (preferably stainless steel) or a cooking tray, deep enough so that the sauce will cover the meat.
• Take the seasoning above, except for the tomatoes, and potatoes, mix them well and sprinkle over the meat. You can also add smoked ham for instance, or even perform small cuts into the meat and insert in them pieces of smoked bacon and cloves of garlic. This procedure should be applied especially in drier meats (beef, mutton, turkey).
• Add water so as to cover the meat entirely, but not over the meat level. You should let the water be slightly less than meat size.
• Put it in the heated oven for about 30-45 minutes. The oven should be at approximately 200-220 degrees Celsius. After that add the minced tomatoes and the potatoes and if necessary a bit more water and cook for another 30 minutes. Check if done. That's it. If you don't add the potatoes, carrots or tomatoes, you can simply put it in the oven and forget about it for about 1-1,5 hours.