Old Fashioned Roast Dinner

Recipe Ingredients

1		Beef chuck pot roast - up to 4
2 tablespoons	30ml	All purpose flour
1 teaspoon	5ml	Salt
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Dried marjoram - crushed
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Dried thyme - crushed
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Dried basil - crushed
1/8 teaspoon	0.6ml	Pepper
8 teaspoons	40ml	Carrots - halved crosswise (medium)
4 teaspoons	20ml	Onions - cut in wedges (medium)
1 lb	454g / 16oz	Small whole potatoes - peeled
2 tablespoons	30ml	All purpose flour
		Snipped parsley

Recipe Instructions

Trim excess fat from meat. In a Dutch oven heat trimmings until 1 tablespoon fat accumulates; discard trimmings. Rub meat with 2 tablespoons flour.

Brown meat with 2 tablespoons flour. Brown meat in the hot fat. Sprinkle the 1 teaspoon salt, the marjoram, thyme, basil, and pepper over meat. Remove from heat; add 1 1/2 cups water. Cover; bake in 350 oven for 1 1/2 hours.

Add carrots, onions, and potatoes; sprinkle with 1/2 teaspoon salt. Cover; return to oven and bake about 45 minutes more or until meant and vegetables are tender. Remove meat and vegetables to heated platter; keep warm.

Skim fat from pan juices. Add enough water to juices to make 1 1/2 cups liquid. combine 1/2 cup cold water and 2 tablespoons flour; stir into pan juices.

Cook and stir until thickened and bubbly. Cook 1 to 2 minutes more, stirring occasionally. Pour some of the gravy over meat. Pass remaining gravy. Garnish with snipped parsley. Makes 12 to 16 servings.

Source:
Better Homes and Gardens Low Cost Cooking

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