Red-Wine Pot Roast With Porcini

Serves: 4

Estell Schumm

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

44

Spice

43

Sweetness

47

Sourness

38

mins

Prep time (avg)

5.4

Difficulty

Ingredients:

Directions:

1

Bring broth to simmer in saucepan

2

Preheat oven to 300°F

3

Bring broth to simmer in saucepan

4

Remove from heat; add mushrooms, cover, and let stand until soft, about 15 minutes

5

Using slotted spoon, transfer mushrooms to cutting board

6

Chop coarsely

7

Reserve mushrooms and broth separately

8

Sprinkle beef with salt and pepper

9

Heat oil in heavy large ovenproof pot over medium-high heat

10

Add beef and cook until brown on all sides, about 15 minutes total

11

Transfer beef to large plate

12

Pour off all but 1 tablespoon drippings from pot

13

Place pot over medium heat

14

Add onion and celery

15

Sprinkle with salt and pepper and sauté until beginning to brown, about 8 minutes

16

Add garlic, chopped marjoram, and reserved porcini mushrooms; sauté 1 minute

17

Using hands, crush tomatoes, 1 at a time, into pot

18

Cook 3 minutes, stirring frequently and scraping up browned bits from bottom of pot

19

Add wine; boil 5 minutes

20

Add reserved mushroom broth, leaving any sediment behind

21

Boil 5 minutes

22

Return beef and any accumulated juices to pot

23

Cover; transfer to oven

24

Cook 1 1/2 hours

25

Turn beef and continue cooking until tender, about 1 1/2 hours longer

26

(Can be made 2 days ahead

27

Cool slightly

28

Refrigerate uncovered until cool

29

Cover and keep refrigerated

30

) Transfer beef to cutting board; tent with foil

31

Spoon fat from surface of juices in pot

32

Bring juices to boil; cook until liquid is reduced to 4 cups, about 7 minutes

33

Season with salt and pepper

34

Cut beef into 1/2-inch-thick slices

35

Transfer to platter

36

Spoon juices over, garnish with marjoram sprigs, and serve

37

Preheat oven to 300°F

38

Remove from heat; add mushrooms, cover, and let stand until soft, about 15 minutes

39

Using slotted spoon, transfer mushrooms to cutting board

40

Chop coarsely

41

Reserve mushrooms and broth separately

42

Sprinkle beef with salt and pepper

43

Heat oil in heavy large ovenproof pot over medium-high heat

44

Add beef and cook until brown on all sides, about 15 minutes total

45

Transfer beef to large plate

46

Pour off all but 1 tablespoon drippings from pot

47

Place pot over medium heat

48

Add onion and celery

49

Sprinkle with salt and pepper and sauté until beginning to brown, about 8 minutes

50

Add garlic, chopped marjoram, and reserved porcini mushrooms; sauté 1 minute

51

Using hands, crush tomatoes, 1 at a time, into pot

52

Cook 3 minutes, stirring frequently and scraping up browned bits from bottom of pot

53

Add wine; boil 5 minutes

54

Add reserved mushroom broth, leaving any sediment behind

55

Boil 5 minutes

56

Return beef and any accumulated juices to pot

57

Cover; transfer to oven

58

Cook 1 1/2 hours

59

Turn beef and continue cooking until tender, about 1 1/2 hours longer

60

(Can be made 2 days ahead

61

Cool slightly

62

Refrigerate uncovered until cool

63

Cover and keep refrigerated

64

) Transfer beef to cutting board; tent with foil

65

Spoon fat from surface of juices in pot

66

Bring juices to boil; cook until liquid is reduced to 4 cups, about 7 minutes

67

Season with salt and pepper

68

Cut beef into 1/2-inch-thick slices

69

Transfer to platter

70

Spoon juices over, garnish with marjoram sprigs, and serve