Mikes Roast And Mashed Potatoes With Gravy Recipes

Steps:

• Season chuck roast with salt and black pepper; sear in a large, deep skillet or Dutch oven over medium heat until browned, about 10 minutes per side.
• Pour beef broth and water into the skillet with roast. Arrange onion wedges and garlic cloves around the meat. Spread carrots atop roast and place sprig of rosemary atop carrots. Turn heat to medium-low and simmer until tender, about 6 hours.
• Cover potatoes with water in a large pot and bring to a boil; reduce heat to low and simmer until tender, about 30 minutes. Drain. Mash potatoes with butter and half the evaporated milk until smooth; slowly mash remaining evaporated milk into potatoes to achieve the desired consistency. Season with salt.
• Remove 1 or 2 cloves of garlic from skillet and mash cloves on top of the roast; serve with mashed potatoes.

Steps:

• Put the potatoes in a pot with salted water to cover. Bring to a simmer over medium heat and cook until tender all the way through, about 10 minutes. Drain.
• Combine the butter, heavy cream and 1 1/2 teaspoons salt in the same pot you cooked the potatoes in and melt over low heat. Use a masher to puree the potatoes right back into the pot while still hot. Stir in the sour cream. Add large handfuls of cheese and stir and fold the potatoes over themselves until the cheese melts, then add another handful. If it gets too thick and hard to stir before you've added all the cheese, add a few tablespoons of additional cream. Season with salt and pepper. Serve and add the Gravy on top.
• Heat the drippings in a small saucepan (or the meatloaf pan) over medium heat. Whisk in the flour until smooth. Cook and stir until lightly toasted, 1 to 2 minutes. Stir in the thyme. Whisk in the beef stock until smooth. Bring to a simmer over medium heat and stir in the Worcestershire. Simmer until thickened, 4 to 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.

Steps:

• Roast garlic and make stock:
• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• Separate 6 cloves from garlic (do not peel), drizzle with a little olive oil, and double-wrap tightly in foil. Roast until garlic is very soft, about 45 minutes.
• While garlic roasts, heat oil (2 tablespoons) in a 4-to 5-quart heavy pot over medium heat until it shimmers, then cook vegetables, remaining garlic cloves (separated but not peeled), bay leaf, and peppercorns, stirring occasionally, until browned, about 8 minutes. Stir in wine and boil until most has evaporated. Add soy sauce and water and simmer, uncovered, 30 minutes.
• Strain stock through a fine-mesh sieve into a large measuring cup. If you have more than 4 cups, boil to reduce; if less, add water.
• Boil potatoes:
• Unless they are very small, cut potatoes (peeled if desired) into 2-inch pieces. Generously cover with cold water in a 5-quart saucepan and add 2 teaspoons salt. Simmer, uncovered, until just tender, 12 to 15 minutes. Reserve 1/3 cup cooking liquid and stir butter and oil into it. Drain potatoes, then return to pan along with reserved liquid and coarsely mash. Season with salt and pepper and keep warm, covered.
• Make Gravy while potatoes cook:
• Mash roasted garlic to a purée.
• Melt butter in a heavy medium saucepan over medium heat. Stir in flour and garlic purée and cook, stirring, 2 minutes. Slowly add stock, whisking, then simmer 3 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.

Steps:

• Place the potatoes into a large pot.
• Cut the potatoes in half.
• Add salt water to pot and boil.
• leave to boil until potatoes are tender.
• Leave potatoes out to dry.
• mash potatoes with a potato masher twice to make it smooth.
• Add the butter and milk.
• Continue to mash the potatoes until it is smooth and fluffy.
• Add the salt and pepper for taste.

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in stock pot over medium heat; sear roast in the hot oil until slightly browned, about 2 minutes per side. Remove roast from pot and place on a plate. Cook and stir onion and garlic in the hot oil until onion is lightly browned, 10 to 15 minutes.
• Return seared roast to the stock pot; pour coffee and 1 1/2 cup water over roast. Add beef bouillon, basil leaves, 1 tablespoon salt, and pepper.
• Bring broth to a boil; reduce heat to medium low, cover stock pot, and simmer until meat is falling apart, 2 to 3 hours. Remove and discard basil leaves. Transfer roast to a serving dish and cover with a lid or aluminum foil, keeping the broth in the stock pot over medium heat.
• Whisk flour and 1/2 cup water together in a bowl until smooth. Slowly whisk flour mixture into broth until gravy is smooth and somewhat clear; season with salt. Pour about half the gravy over the roast and pour the rest into a gravy boat for serving.

Steps:

• Place roast on large piece of aluminum foil.
• In small bowl, combine salt, pepper and garlic powder.
• Apply mixture, liberally, to all sides of roast.
• Wrap foil around roast and fold edges, to seal all sides well, pressing foil to meat to expel air. Let sit, at room temperature for 1 /12 to 2 hrs.
• Place oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 350º F.
• On stove top, heat oil in cast iron or stainless steel skillet, over medium-high, until barely shimmering.
• Remove roast from foil; place in hot skillet and brown all sides for approximately 1 minute per side, beginning with fattiest side. (Reduce heat to medium, if necessary, to prevent burning.)
• Cover with tightly fitting lid or foil; roast at 350º F for 45 minutes or until thermometer, inserted in middle of thickest area, reads 150º F.
• Reduce heat to 225º F and slow-roast, covered, for 1 hour. (Begin working on potatoes while roast is cooking; see recipe below.)
• Remove from oven; place roast on platter; tightly cover with foil.; set aside to rest while making gravy.
• In small bowl, thoroughly combine cornstarch and beef broth, until all lumps are dissolved.
• Stir into juices remaining in skillet; add soy sauce, bouillon cube, water and pinch of black pepper.
• Stirring constantly, cook over medium-high heat until thickened (smashing bouillon cube with back of spoon as it softens;) taste for seasoning; add extra seasoning or water, if needed, to reach desired taste or consistency.
• Remove from heat; cover and keep warm until served.
• Uncover roast and slice thinly (an electric carving knife works great!)
• Serve sliced beef roast, topped with the gravy, and with mashed potatoes on the side.
• MASHED POTATOES: 7-8 medium idaho or russet potatoes, peeled water to cover 1 tsp salt 6 Tbsp salted butter 1/8 to 1/4 c milk Directions: 1. Halfway fill with water, a 3 qt. stainless steel saucepan. 2. Into the pan of water, slice potatoes about 1/4 inch thick. 3. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, watching carefully to prevent boil-over and stirring from bottom occasionally to prevent sticking. 4. Immediately reduce heat to medium-low and simmer for approximately 7 to 10 minutes, until potatoes break apart easily with spoon. 5. Shut off heat, drain potatoes and return to pan. 6. Add salt and half of the butter. 7. Using a potato masher, mash the potatoes down into the pan to make the pieces smaller. You may use a hand mixer, instead, if you are very careful to use low speed to avoid flying potato chunks! 8. Switch to hand mixer, add the rest of the butter and beat well at medium speed until it starts to become smoother. 9. While continuing to beat, slowly begin adding milk until desired consistency. 10. Continue to beat until all lumps are gone. 11. Taste for seasoning and add more salt if needed (it usually does.) Not recommended, but if desired, add pepper. Keep warm until serving. A pat of butter on top is a nice finishing touch. 12. Cover and refrigerate leftovers. Leftovers, also, may be packaged and frozen. When needed, thaw in the refrigerator and reheat in the microwave.
• Cover and refrigerate all leftovers.
• A FAVORITE POEM: The Weaver My life is but a weaving Between my Lord and me, I cannot choose the colors He worketh steadily. Oft times He weaveth sorrow, And I - in foolish pride Forget He sees the upper And I, the underside. Not till the loom is silent And the shuttles cease to fly Shall God unroll the canvas And explain the reason why. The dark threads are as needful In the Weaver's skillful hand As the threads of gold and silver In the pattern He has planned. ~Grant Colfax Tuller

Steps:

• Place potatoes in a Dutch oven; add water to cover. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cook, uncovered, until tender, 15-20 minutes. Drain, reserving 1 cup cooking water. Add water, olive oil, garlic and parsley to pan. With a mixer, beat potatoes until light and fluffy, 3-5 minutes. Season with 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Set aside and keep warm., Meanwhile, heat meat drippings in a large saucepan. Combine cornstarch and water until smooth. Bring meat drippings to a boil; gradually stir in flour mixture until smooth. Cook and stir until thickened, about 2 minutes. Season with remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon of pepper. Serve with mashed potatoes.

Steps:

• Cut roast in half; transfer to a 5-qt. slow cooker. In a small bowl, combine the broth, red pepper, onion, vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, brown sugar and seasonings; pour over pork. Cover and cook on low for 3-4 hours or until meat is tender., Remove pork; cut some into cubes measuring 2-1/2 cups and save for another use. (Keep remaining pork warm.) , For gravy, strain cooking juices and skim fat; pour 1 cup into a small saucepan. Combine cornstarch and water until smooth; stir into cooking juices. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. , Meanwhile, in a small microwave-safe bowl, cook potatoes on high for 2-3 minutes or until heated through. Let meat stand for 10 minutes before slicing; serve with potatoes and gravy.

Steps:

• In a 2-qt. microwave-safe bowl, combine the beef, gravy and mushrooms. Cover and microwave on high for 2-3 minutes or until heated through., Meanwhile, prepare potatoes according to package directions. Divide bread among four plates. Spoon beef mixture over bread. Serve with potatoes.