Depression Pot Roast
1928 Lorain Pot Roast Recipe
Welcome Friends! Welcome back to Sunday morning and the Old Cookbook Show. Today we're going to do a recipe out of the Loraine Cooking cookbook it's not a crazy recipe, it's a classic pot roast recipe.
Ingredients
| Beef | 4 Pound (tough cut may be used) | |
| Flour | 1/3 Cup (5.33 tbs) | |
| Chopped carrots | 2 Cup (32 tbs) | |
| Chopped onions | 2 Cup (32 tbs) | |
| Chopped celery | 2 Cup (32 tbs) | |
| Chopped tomatoes | 1 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Parsley sprigs | 3 | |
| Salt | To Taste | |
| Pepper | To Taste | |
| Flour | 3 Tablespoon | |
| Water | 3 Tablespoon |
Directions
GETTING READY:
1. Preheat oven to 250ºF.
2. Season the beef with salt & pepper, then sprinkle on the 1/3 cup flour.
3. Heat the fat in a Dutch oven, and then brown the beef on all sides.
4. Remove the beef and place a rack (if you have one) in the Dutch oven.
5. Replace the beefed add the carrots, onions, celery, tomatoes, and parsley.
6. Cover and place in the oven for 5 hours.
7. When the time is up, mix together the flour and water to form a slurry.
8. Remove the beef and veg from the Dutch oven; place on med high heat and then whisk in the flour slurry to create a gravy.
9. You could add any root veg to this that you like, as well as other flavours and liquids.
SERVING:
10. Serve and enjoy!
Recipe Summary
