I kinda mixed the best parts from 2 recipes for this one so I can’t really link you to something.
Here’s what I did:
1 pack of bacon, diced and cooked in olive oil on medium high until the edges were brown, then removed.
In the same pan, 2 diced carrots, 2 diced celery stalks, 2 diced Walla Walla sweet onions. Cooked on medium high until carmaelized, then removed.
3.37 pound boneless chuck roast. Patted dry, heavily salted and peppered, seared on one side for 5 minutes, flipped and then seared on the other side for 5 minutes and removed.
Added back 1/2 cup Grand Marnier and 2 cups of Malbec Wine. Deglazed the pan scraping up all the brown bits.
Put the bacon back in, put the veggies back in, stirred until well distributed. Added bay leaves, thyme and rosemary, several cloves of minced garlic, topped with the meat.
Brought to a boil then placed in a pre-heated 325° oven for 3 hours.
After 3 hours, beef was to temp and easily shreddable. (Finally! A reason to use the meat claws!) Resting on stove top while I cook some pasta to go with it.
Pasta was super simple. Boiled water and salt, cooked a bag of egg noodles for 8 or 9 minutes. Drained, removed, then melted a stick of butter in the pot, added a small container of heavy cream, added rosemary and thyme, brought it to a simmer then popped the pasta back in and cooked a couple of minutes.
It’s 3AM and you made me hungry. Your roast looks delicious!
Malbec is one of the best for this kind of stuff. I feel like the fruitiness combos really well, without bringing too much sweetness to the roast.
Thanks! I also discovered Grand Marnier as a kind of secret ingredient in a chocolate cheesecake too so I look for excuses to use it in other stuff. :)
That looks amazing! Thank you for sharing the recipe!
I had never really done something like that before, but I needed a reason to try out the brasier pan. :)
