JCinPA
01-03-2009, 02:54 PM
It's in the pot, didn't take pitchers, but I'm cooking two, yes TWO, 10 lb roasts for beef sammiches and gravy. There are about 6 college and an equal number of high school karate kids coming over with their parents for a last holiday fling before they head back to school. The college kids are all skinny and all have metabolisms like a gerbil. Eat like goats. So I went to Costco for two ten-pounders. Oy!
I'm kinda winging the gravy, this is a recipe for about a 4-6 lb roast.
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Roast Beef Sandwich Recipe
For the Roast:
1 4 lb. beef roast (Sirloin, bottom round, rump, whatever)
Kosher salt & black pepper
3 tblsp vegetable oil
1 medium onion, chopped
1 medium carrot, chopped
2 garlic cloves minced
1 quart beef stock
Water if necessary
2 Tbsp worcestershire sauce
1 Tbsp hot sauce
1 tsp thyme
1 fresh bay leaf
Kosher salt & black pepper
Granulated garlic powder
Season the Roast very liberally on all sides with the Salt & Pepper and granulated garlic powder. Heat the oil in a heavy bottomed Dutch Oven over high heat, when the oil starts to smoke, wait a few more seconds, then carefully add the Roast cut side down. Brown very well on all sides. Remove to a plate.
Drain off all but 1 Tbsp of the fat in the pan, add the onions and carrots, cook until the onions just start to brown, add garlic and cook one more minute, place the roast back in the pan, then add the stock. Finish, if necessary, with enough water to bring the cooking liquid 3/4 of the way up the roast. Add the remaining ingredients. Bring to a boil, then back down to a simmer. Simmer covered for 3-4 hours or until the meat falls apart by staring at it. Or cover with lid and put in 350o oven for 3-4 hours.
For the Gravy:
Put meat on platter, cover with foil. Strain liquid and discard solids. Bring the gravy to a full boil and reduce until it coats the back of a spoon. Thicken with 1/4 cup flour dissolved in cold water, stirring constantly. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Carve the meat into very thin slices, it will be hard to do and will fall apart, that is good.
Serve on Italian long rolls or kaiser rolls, spooning gravy onto both halves of roll, then placing meat on top. Have plenty of napkins handy, you'll need them! DO NOT PUT SANDWICH DOWN ONCE YOU BEGIN EATING IT! YOU ARE COMMITTED. If you don't end up with gravy all over your face, you're not doing it right!
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These are messy as hell, but boy, are they good!
I'm kinda winging the gravy, this is a recipe for about a 4-6 lb roast.
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Roast Beef Sandwich Recipe
For the Roast:
1 4 lb. beef roast (Sirloin, bottom round, rump, whatever)
Kosher salt & black pepper
3 tblsp vegetable oil
1 medium onion, chopped
1 medium carrot, chopped
2 garlic cloves minced
1 quart beef stock
Water if necessary
2 Tbsp worcestershire sauce
1 Tbsp hot sauce
1 tsp thyme
1 fresh bay leaf
Kosher salt & black pepper
Granulated garlic powder
Season the Roast very liberally on all sides with the Salt & Pepper and granulated garlic powder. Heat the oil in a heavy bottomed Dutch Oven over high heat, when the oil starts to smoke, wait a few more seconds, then carefully add the Roast cut side down. Brown very well on all sides. Remove to a plate.
Drain off all but 1 Tbsp of the fat in the pan, add the onions and carrots, cook until the onions just start to brown, add garlic and cook one more minute, place the roast back in the pan, then add the stock. Finish, if necessary, with enough water to bring the cooking liquid 3/4 of the way up the roast. Add the remaining ingredients. Bring to a boil, then back down to a simmer. Simmer covered for 3-4 hours or until the meat falls apart by staring at it. Or cover with lid and put in 350o oven for 3-4 hours.
For the Gravy:
Put meat on platter, cover with foil. Strain liquid and discard solids. Bring the gravy to a full boil and reduce until it coats the back of a spoon. Thicken with 1/4 cup flour dissolved in cold water, stirring constantly. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Carve the meat into very thin slices, it will be hard to do and will fall apart, that is good.
Serve on Italian long rolls or kaiser rolls, spooning gravy onto both halves of roll, then placing meat on top. Have plenty of napkins handy, you'll need them! DO NOT PUT SANDWICH DOWN ONCE YOU BEGIN EATING IT! YOU ARE COMMITTED. If you don't end up with gravy all over your face, you're not doing it right!
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These are messy as hell, but boy, are they good!