Coffee and Pot Roast

[thoreau]

So I slowroasted a pot roast overnight in my slow cooker. . It spent the night in a bath of port, red wine vinegar, a tiny bit of soy and beef bouillion after being pan seared and rolled in garlic and cracked pepper......

So by 5am this morning - the house was smelling mighty fine of port roast - and just then - the coffee pot sprung to life - adding to the smell of pot roast - the smell of fresh brewed kona coffee. it was like waking up near a restaurant - the strong coffee - the strong pot roast smells. I just tried some of the pot roast - it's buttery and perfect. YUM!

and now for some kona. ;)

Comments

[annoyinghandle.livejournal.com]

Marry me.

[low-fat-muffin.livejournal.com]

:-) i almost had pot roast for breakfast it was so hot and yummy - (giggle) - how romantic - kona and potroast in our nightshirts?

instead I brought some leftover pasta with some big ol' chunks o' potroast for lunch.

[major7.livejournal.com]

Kona?!? I am so jealous. I cannot ever find *real* Kona coffee. My two attempts over the internet proved unsuccessful, also.

[low-fat-muffin.livejournal.com]

I get my Kona at Whole Foods (there is one in Marietta and one in Roswell near you?)

but - it just so happens that my programmer? Kentaro? is from the big island and is going to email his family about where someone stateside could mail order good quality Kona from. Stay tuned.

[major7.livejournal.com]

I will. So many of the stores have Kona "Blend" which tastes nothing like real Kona, nor does it have the oily texture that I so enjoy.

[tinman11201.livejournal.com]

intense pangs of hunger and jealousy!!

[low-fat-muffin.livejournal.com]

do you own a slow cooker? I make all but one of my favorite recipes in them. My power enchiladas is an example:

[tinman11201.livejournal.com]

my ex had one and made some lovely meals in them, but I do not. I may have been blessed with multiple creative talents, but the art of cooking was not one of them. If the recipe is accurate and good, I can follow it, but I wouldn't know if it was a good recipe or bad one.

[bukephalus.livejournal.com]

I love it! The bear shirt (what, no pants!!!) and plate are nice touches. Was the chicken frozen or thawed when you put it in the cooker? Another one I should try!

[low-fat-muffin.livejournal.com]

tthe chicken is thawed. because often frozen chicken has a lot of water on it. particularly the chicken tenders. :)

and yeah - bear nightshirt -no pants - but that as 40 some pounds ago.

[bukephalus.livejournal.com]

Well you are adorably handsome either way.

[low-fat-muffin.livejournal.com]

ah shucks!

[jhitchin.livejournal.com]

The way you were describing that, I was waiting for the pictures of pot roast and Kona body shots.

[low-fat-muffin.livejournal.com]

hot kona and steaming pot roast body shots would come from the burn unit. (cackle)

[bearistab67.livejournal.com]

I will take a cup of both please. :)

[low-fat-muffin.livejournal.com]

Do you slow cook? You seem the type that owns a crockpot! Care for the recipe?

[bearistab67.livejournal.com]

I do! Sure...I would love the recipe. My email is bkrunyon67@hotmail.com Thanks for sharing! :P

[low-fat-muffin.livejournal.com]

3 pd beef roast :)
pan sear the roast in olive oil in garlic in a hot pan. Make sure to brown (not dark brown) each side of the roast - set aside. Take pan off heat. Take 4 cups of port wine and cook on low heat in the searing pan - scraping the flavors off the bottom of the skillet. Add 2 cups of red wine vinegar, 1/2 cup of low salt soy. Heat until it's bubbling - remove from heat.

Put the roast in the crockpot - and then pour the sauce over the roast. Cook on low for 8 hours.

at 8 hours - remove roast. prepare long grain rice using the droppings/sauce in the crockpot for your liquid. When your rice is about ready - stir in button mushrooms.

There you have it - pretty easy - eh?

[bearistab67.livejournal.com]

Wow...thanks! Oh man...that sounds SO good! And in the words of my girl Ina Garten..."How easy what that?"

[snapperboy.livejournal.com]

We're making your port pot roast tonight for tomorrow's dinner. We're expecting sleet and ice tonight/tomorrow and this sounds perfect!

[low-fat-muffin.livejournal.com]

YAY - do post about it (with pics) if you'd like.

If I wasn't in SF - I'd say it looked like snow out. I'm looking out the window and its that certain kind of grey out. :)

[low-fat-muffin.livejournal.com]

the one caution is that the sauce in the crockpot after you cook - is going to be on the salty side. so - water it down when cooking the rice or you get "salty rice surprise". meaning - if you'd like to flavor your rice with the port/soy mixture - use it 1:2 with water. so if your rice calls for three cups of water? 1 cup of the port/soy sauce - and two cups of water. :)

[grizzlyzone.livejournal.com]

I slow cook. My favorite receipes are: country ribs marinated in mojo crillo, and, pot roast and root vegetables cooked with dry French Onion soup mix.

Recently, I've been thinking of making a raspberry pork roast, made by marinating the roast in a raspberry balsamic vinegar. However, I've been a bit scared that the raspberry balsamic vinegar might be too acidic, and that I'll need to cut the acidity with something.

I saw where you cut your red wine vinegar with port. Hmmm. That's the same concept. How far did you cut down the red wine vinegar?

[low-fat-muffin.livejournal.com]

I did the port two to one.

Port would make a nice cut with the raspberry as well I'd think :)

[grizzlyzone.livejournal.com]

Port Uh, no port. Best we can do is a Gallo Burgundy.

But, I did mix up a batch of Adolph's Meat Marinade and pour it over a brisket that I slow cooked for about 2 hours. Came out great!

I also took a package of country ribs and put them in a ziplock bag with a half-cup of the raspberry vinegar, a half-cup of water and some coarse sea salt. I'm starting out simple.

WHAT???

[trouble94114.livejournal.com]

What sane person gets up at 5am, coffee pot or pot roast not withstanding. I haven't even begun to wake from my coma by then.

[kc-risenphoenix.livejournal.com]

May I come over? Getting away from the ice and getting into your warm home with your cooking? Sounds divine!

[mikeybill.livejournal.com]

OK, it's breakfast time here but you just made me long for roast beef... but I think it's toast and tea to start the day instead.

[tupper26.livejournal.com]

Sounds Fantastic!