Best Recipes Ever - Orange Spice Pot Roast

Slow cooking brings out the aromatic flavours of cinnamon and cloves. If olives are a favourite, you might want to sprinkle on a few more.

Ingredients:

1 tbsp (15 mL) vegetable oil
3 lb (1.4 kg) beef cross rib or blade pot roast, boneless
3 onions
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 tsp (5 mL) grated orange rind
1 cup (250 mL) orange juice
1/4 cup (60 mL) sherry or beef stock
1-1/2 tsp (7 mL) dried thyme
1/2 tsp (2 mL) each salt and pepper
1/2 tsp (2 mL) ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp (2 mL) ground cloves

Sauce:
2 tbsp (30 mL) all-purpose flour
2 tbsp (30 mL) capers, rinsed
2 tbsp (30 mL) quartered green olives

Preparation:

In Dutch oven, heat oil over medium-high heat; brown roast all over. Transfer to slow cooker.

Leaving root end intact, peel and quarter onions; add to slow cooker along with garlic. Whisk together orange rind and juice, sherry, thyme, salt, pepper, cinnamon and cloves; pour over roast. Cover and cook on low for 7 to 8 hours or until meat is tender.

With slotted spoon, remove onions to warm platter; cover and keep warm. Transfer meat to cutting board; tent with foil and let stand for 10 minutes before thickly slicing. Arrange over onions.

Sauce: Meanwhile, skim fat from liquid in slow cooker. Whisk flour with 1/4 cup (50 mL) water; whisk into slow cooker. Add capers and olives; cover and cook on high, stirring once, for 15 minutes or until thickened. Pour about 1/2 cup (125 mL) over beef. Serve with remaining sauce.

Additional information :

Variations
Small Batch Orange Spice Pot Roast: Use 10-cup (2.5 L) slow cooker. Halve recipe; cook for 6 to 7 hours. Makes 2 to 4 servings.

Stove-Top Orange Spice Pot Roast: Brown beef as directed. Add remaining ingredients except sauce; cover and simmer over medium-low heat until beef is tender, about 3 hours.

Make sauce, increasing flour to 3 tbsp (50 mL) and simmering until thickened, about 5 minutes.

Servings: 8

Tags: beef, capers, cinnamon, cloves, flour, garlic, olives, onions, orange, sherry, thyme, vegetable oil