Garlic Pot Roast

Garlic Pot Roast

Time: 3 hrs 20 mins

Ingredients

• 7 cloves garlic
• 3 -4 lbs beef roast (such as chuck)
• 1 tablespoon oil
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 cup red wine
• 1 cup beef stock
• salt and pepper

Directions

• 1 Cut 4 of the garlic cloves into thin slivers.
• 2 Cut small slits in the roast and slide a garlic sliver into each one.
• 3 Heat the oil in a large pot and brown the beef on all sides.
• 4 Remove meat.
• 5 Add onion and remaining garlic (I mince remaining garlic) to pot and cook until golden, about 10 minutes Return meat to pot and add the wine, stock, salt and pepper.
• 6 Bring to a boil and then reduce the heat and simmer, covered, until tender, about 2 and a 1/2 hours.
• 7 Turn the meat occasionally.
• 8 Remove the meat and cover loosely with aluminum foil to keep warm.
• 9 Skim fat from cooking liquid.
• 10 Bring the liquid to a boil and cook until reduced to about 1 1/2 cups.
• 11 Serve this sauce with the pot roast.