Ingredients

  • 1 cup sliced onion
  • 1/2 cup onion diced
  • 1/2 cup carrots diced
  • 1/4 cup celery diced
  • 4 cloves garlic minced
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1/4 cup all purpose flour
  • 1tbl kosher salt
  • 1 tea pepper
  • 1tea cayenne pepper
  • 2-3lb chuck roast
  • 1 1/4 tbl tomato paste
  • 1 14oz can beef broth
  • 1 cup dry red wine
  • 1 cup Marsala
  • 1/2 cup sun dried tomatoes(not oil packed)
  • 1 Tbl Worcestershire sauce
  • 2 tbl olive oil divided
  • Optional:4 potatoes peeled and chunked
  • 8oz baby carrots

Method

  • 1. preheat oven to 350 degrees
  • 2. Combine flour, salt, pepper, and cayenne pepper in large ziploc. add roast and coat with flour mixture. Save flour.
  • 3. In Large dutch oven, heat 1 tbl oil to med-high and btrown meat 8 minutes per side. Remove meat and pour off excess fat.
  • 3 In same pan, saute diced vegetables, garlic, and bay leaf with tomato paste in 1 tbl of oil until soft. About 5 minutes, stirring often. Add 2 tbl of reserved flour mix to vegetables and stir until vegetables are coated.
  • 4. Deglaze pan with beef broth, wine, and marsala. Add tomatoes, slice onion, and worchestershire sauce and bring to a simmer.
  • 5. Add meat back to pot, cover and braise in oven for 40 minutes.
  • 6. Add potatoes and carrots and braise another 60 minutes. (May be omited)
  • 7.Check occasionally. If liquid cooks off too much, add more wine as needed.
  • 8. Serve over Wide egg noodles.