Description
Italian Pot Roast Stracotto offers melt‑in‑your‑mouth beef paired with a silky gorgonzola‑infused polenta. This slow‑cooker braise mixes a beef roast, smoked beef cubes, onion, carrots, garlic, oregano, thyme, and a rich grape juice broth. After low‑heat cooking, the meat becomes fork‑tender and the polenta turns creamy with butter and crumbled gorgonzola. Serve the roast sliced atop the polenta, garnish with parsley now!!!
Ingredients
Scale
- 3 pounds beef roast
- 4 slices smoked beef, chopped
- 2 cups grape juice
- 1 onion, diced
- 3 carrots, chopped
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 cups beef broth
- 1 tablespoon dried oregano
- 1 tablespoon dried thyme
- Salt to taste
- Black pepper to taste
- 1 cup gorgonzola cheese, crumbled
- 1 cup polenta
- 4 cups water
- 2 tablespoons butter
Instructions
- Brown the beef roast on all sides in a large skillet.
- Transfer the roast to a crockpot and add smoked beef, onion, carrots, garlic, oregano, and thyme.
- Pour grape juice and beef broth over the mixture.
- Cook on low for 8 hours, or until the beef is fork‑tender.
- Prepare the polenta by bringing water to a boil, stirring in the polenta, and cooking until thick.
- Stir in butter and gorgonzola cheese until the polenta is creamy.
- Slice the roast and serve with the creamy polenta.
Notes
- For a spicier version
- add a pinch of red pepper flakes to the broth. Leftovers reheat well and the flavors improve after a night in the fridge.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 8 hours
- Category: Main Course
- Method: Slow Cooker
- Cuisine: Italian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 6 servings
- Calories: 450
- Sugar: 2g
- Sodium: 800mg
- Fat: 20g
- Saturated Fat: 10g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 45g
- Fiber: 3g
- Protein: 35g
- Cholesterol: 90mg
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