Sam Arnolds Cross Rib Roast Recipes

Steps:

• Make small cuts in the roast and insert the slivers of garlic.
• Rub the meat with salt and pepper.
• In a Dutch oven over high heat sear the roast on all sides browning well about 7 minutes.
• Add onions, carrots, celery, thyme, bay leaf, and stock.
• Cover tightly, lower heat and simmer for about 1 1/2 hrs, Turn the beef occasionally.
• Stir in the tomatoes, parsley, oregano, and basil.
• Simmer for about an hour or until the beef is tender, discard bay leaf.
• Slice and serve with veggies and sauce.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Cut the pot roast into small cubes (about 1-inch in size).
• Put a Dutch oven over medium-high heat on the stove top with the margarine or oil and the chopped onions to brown and caramelize.
• When the onions are transparent and browned, add the meat to quickly brown.
• Add the beef stock, apricots, lemon peel and sugar, reduce the heat and simmer for 15 minutes.
• Carefully clean leeks; cut off the stemmy bottoms and the dark green leaves, so you end up with with white and light green parts only (dirt can get in between the leaves, so wash them out well). Blanch the leeks with boiling water and then slice them.
• Heat the oven to 350 degrees F. and add the drained blanched leeks to the pot and adjust the salt and pepper to taste.
• Bake in the oven for 2 hours or until beef is tender.
• The Fort serves its Colorado Territory Beef entree with: Fort Breads - A selection of pumpkin walnut muffins and sourdough rolls. Fort Dinner Salad - Seven crisp greens, pickled ginger, diced jicama, and toasted pepitas and a peppadew pepper. Chef's Choice of Seasonal Vegetable. Potatoes, Fort Style or Garlic Cheddar Mashed (unless otherwise noted). Dressing Choices: Chunky Maytag blue cheese, *Herbal Daminana house Vinaigrette, Jalapeno-Buttermilk Ranch, Chipotle Honey, Balsamic Vinegar & Fine Extra Virgin Olive Oil (*reputed aphrodisiac herb). The Fort's special toppings to complement your Angus steak: Rich Buffalo Jus, Dixon Red Chile, Hatch Green Chili (hot or mild). Be creative, serve your roast with approximations with some of the above! :)

Steps:

• Brown the vegetables in the melted butter.
• Remove the vegetables and raise the heat to sear the meat on both sides (do not pierce with fork when turning) in the pot.
• Put the browned vegetables with the olives and chopped tomatoes in th bottom of a large casserole or stock pot.
• Place the beef on top.
• Pour stock and/or red wine over, then add herbs.
• Cover and place in moderate oven for about 2 hours or until the meat is tender.
• Check during the last hour and add liquid if needed.
• Remove the meat and vegetables to a warm platter.
• Strain juices through a coarse sieve, forcing through as much vegetable pulp as possible.
• This gravy should not need any additional thickening.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Place the roast into a roasting pan. In a bowl, mix the Dijon mustard, 10 cloves of garlic, black pepper, garlic powder, salt, dry mustard powder, olive oil, and 1 tablespoon of paprika into a paste. Spread the paste over the top and sides of the roast. Pour the water and red wine into the roasting pan, and sprinkle in the dry onion soup mix. Drop in the beef bouillon cubes. Sprinkle the top of the roast generously with more paprika and 3 more crushed cloves of garlic. Cover the roast with aluminum foil.
• Roast in the preheated oven for 1 hour, and reduce temperature to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Roast until the meat is tender, about 2 more hours, basting occasionally with pan liquid. Remove foil during last 30 minutes of roasting to help brown the meat. Remove roast to a platter.
• Place roasting pan over medium heat, and bring the liquid to a simmer. Scrape up and dissolve any brown flavor bits from the bottom of the pan into the liquid. Stir the golden mushroom soup into the pan drippings until the gravy is smooth and thickened. To serve, slice the roast, pour hot gravy over the slices, and serve with remaining gravy.

Steps:

• Brush roast with balsamic vinegar.
• Make a paste with remaining ingredients and apply to meat.
• Roast meat at 450 for 15 minutes Reduce heat to 350 and cook for 40 o 60 minutes, or until internal temperature reaches 125.
• Remove from oven; cover loosely with foil and let stand 15 to 25 minutes.

Steps:

• Two hours before roasting, remove meat from frig and allow it to come to room temperature. Place oven rack on 2nd lowest position. Preheat oven to 500 degrees. Be sure your oven is very clean before heating to 500 to reduce smoking.
• Place roast in pan large enough to hold it comfortably, bone-side down, and spread the top thickly with the salt and pepper. Roast meat for 45 minutes. Without removing the meat from the oven, reduce the oven temperature to 325 degrees F and roast for anouther 30 minutes. Finally, increase the temperature to 450 degrees F and roast for another 15-30 minutes, until internal temperature of the meat is 125 degrees F. Be sure thermometer is exactly in the center of the roast. The total cooking time will be between 1 1/2 and 1 3/4 hours. Meanwhile, make the sauce.
• Remove the roast from the oven and transfer it to a cutting board. Cover tightly with aluminum foil and allow to rest for 20 minutes. Carve and serve with Mustard Horseradish Sauce or Stilton Sauce.