Pot Roast With Orange and Dates
- Ready In:
- 2hrs 35mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
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8
ingredients
- 2 (2 1/2 lb) boneless beef chuck, roasts each about 7x4x2 inches
- 4 teaspoons sugar
- 3 tablespoons olive oil, divided
- 1 lb onion, thinly sliced
- 6 tablespoons red wine vinegar
- 1⁄2 teaspoon ground allspice
- 2 cups low sodium chicken broth
- 1 cup orange juice
- 1⁄2 cup tomato sauce
- 2 cups pitted dates
- 1⁄2 cup chopped fresh Italian parsley
directions
- Preheat oven to 350°F
- Sprinkle roasts on each side with salt, pepper, and 1 teaspoon sugar.
- Heat 2 tablespoons oil in heavy wide ovenproof pot over medium-high heat.
- Add roasts.
- Cook until brown, about 8 minutes per side; transfer to plate.
- Add 1 tablespoon oil and onions to pot. Sauté until dark brown, stirring often, about 10 minutes.
- Mix in vinegar and allspice; boil until reduced to glaze, scraping up browned bits. Add broth, orange juice, and tomato sauce; bring to boil.
- Return roasts and accumulated juices to pot. Scatter dates around roasts; sprinkle with parsley.
- Cover pot; place in oven.
- Braise roasts 1 hour.
- Turn roasts over, cover, and braise until tender, about 1 hour.
- Tilt pot; spoon off fat from top of sauce.
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Either eat roast now or see below for eating later:
- Cool uncovered 1 hour.
- DO AHEAD Can be made 2 days ahead.
- Chill uncovered until cold; cover and keep chilled.
- If you made ahead--to re-heat roast:.
- Preheat oven to 350°F
- Transfer roasts to board, scraping sauce into pot.
- Cut crosswise into 1/2-inch-thick slices; overlap slices in baking dish.
- Spoon sauce over.
- Cover; rewarm about 25 minutes.
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Reviews
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I don't usually do beef roasts anymore, but decided to try this recipe out, & was very glad I did ~ The roasts were very, very tasty! Not company for this one, we ate most of the first roast & kept the other one for really good left-overs! The orange juice & the dates gave the roast a nice finish! Thanks for sharing!
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