Old-Fashioned Pot Roast
(from Lucianolinda’s recipe box)
Source: Southern Living- Estelle Beavers Gilbert, Charlotterville, Virginia
Serves 8 peopleCategories: Beef Main Dish
Ingredients
- 1 (4 lb.) beef sirloin tip roast
- 1 to 2 bacon slices, chopped
- 2 Tbsp. all-purpose flour
- 2 Tbsp. vegetable oil
- 1 3/4 tsp. salt, divided
- 3/4 tsp. pepper, divided
- 1/2 tsp. dried oregano
- 1/2 tsp. dried basil
- 1 cup bourbon
- 1 cup burgundy or other dry red wine
- All-purpose flour
Directions
- Cut deep slits in fatty portion of roast; insert chopped bacon. Sprinkle roast with 2 Tbsp. flour.
- Brown all sides of roast in hot oil in an ovenproof Dutch oven. Add 1 tsp. salt, 1/2 tsp. pepper, and next 4 ingredients; bring to a boil over medium heat. Boil, stirring constantly, 3 minutes. Remove from heat, and cover.
- Bake at 325 degrees for 1 1/2 hours or until tender.
- Remove roast from Dutch oven; keep warm. Measure drippings. and return to Dutch oven. Whisk together 1/4 cup water and 1 Tbsp. flour per cup of drippings. Whisk flour mixture, remaining 3/4 tsp. salt, and remaining 1/4 tsp. pepper into drippings; cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until thickened. Serve with roast.