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🍽️ Tender Beef Pot Roast with Mulled Wine Sauce
915 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings
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Ingredients
- 1.4 kg beef shoulder
- salt
- pepper (from the mill)
- 2 carrots
- 0.25 celery
- 1 onion
- 2 garlic cloves
- 30 g ghee
- 1 tbsp tomato paste
- 500 ml dry robust red wine
- 1 l beef stock
- 2 cardamom pods
- 3 cloves
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 1 star anise
- 1 vanilla pod (pulp)
- 3 bay leaves
- 2 tbsp flour
- 2 tbsp soft butter
Instructions
- 1. Rinse the meat under running water and then pat it completely dry with kitchen paper.
- 2. Season the meat generously with salt and freshly ground pepper on all sides.
- 3. Peel the carrots, celery, onions, and garlic.
- 4. Cut the peeled vegetables into coarse cubes.
- 5. Heat the ghee (clarified butter) in a large casserole dish.
- 6. Sear the meat on all sides until it has a brown crust.
- 7. Remove the meat from the casserole and set it aside for now.
- 8. Add the cut vegetables to the casserole.
- 9. Fry the vegetables for 4 to 5 minutes, turning them occasionally.
- 10. Stir the tomato paste into the vegetables.
- 11. Let the tomato paste cook briefly until it darkens and takes on color.
- 12. Deglaze the pan with half of the red wine.
- 13. Let the liquid reduce completely.
- 14. Scrape up the browned bits (fond) from the bottom of the pot while doing so.
- 15. Pour the remaining red wine and the meat broth (stock) into the casserole.
- 16. Place the meat back into the casserole.
- 17. Cover the casserole with a lid.
- 18. Braise the meat at medium heat for 1.5 to 2 hours.
- 19. Add the spices.
- 20. Let the dish simmer for another hour.
- 21. Remove the cooked meat from the sauce.
- 22. Keep the meat warm for a short time.
- 23. Strain the sauce through a fine mesh sieve into a clean pot.
- 24. Bring the sauce to a boil.
- 25. Thicken the sauce with roux butter.
- 26. Explain roux butter: Mix flour and soft butter in a 1:1 ratio to form a paste.
- 27. Slice the meat.
- 28. Arrange the meat slices on a platter.
- 29. Pour some sauce over the meat.
- 30. Serve the dish with fresh spätzle (egg noodles).
Nutrition per serving
- kcal: 915
- Protein: 74 g · Fett/Fat: 52 g · Carbs: 20 g