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New England Cranberry Pot Roast
Posted by Raven on October 7th, 2007
mmMMmm.
New England Cranberry Pot Roast
This is cranberry pot roast- an old family recipe my Mom got from her Mom…it’s been passed down through my family for decades. I decided to make this for the afternoon meal since my daughters are home. Serve it up over homemade biscuits with brown sugar butter- REALLY- it’s GOOD. I altered the recipe a little several yrs ago by adding the canned cranberry sauce- which just makes the meat more moist and…you only need a fork to eat it.
2 tablespoons All purpose flour
1 teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Onion salt
¼ teaspoon Pepper
4 pounds Pot roast
2 tablespoons Shortening
4 Whole cloves
1 2″ stick cinnamon
1 lb fresh cranberries
1 8oz can cranberry sauce
1 tablespoon Vinegar
Combine first 4 ingredients; rub into roast,using all flour mixture. In Dutch oven,slowly brown meat on all sides in hot shortening.
Remove from heat; add cloves, cinnamon, cranberries and 1/2 cup water. Cover tightly and simmer about 2 1/2 hours,or until tender, adding water if necessary.
Spoon off fat. Mix cranberry sauce, vinegar and 2 tbsp. water; add to meat. Cover and cook 10 to 15 minutes more. Remove cinnamon.
Make up some biscuits from you’re favorite mix or from scratch. We serve this with candied carrots and green beans. A very hearty and satisfying meal- probably not the healthiest but SO GOOD on a cool day. The aroma of the roast as it cooks is wonderful too!
Pass pan juices with meat for the biscuits. Makes 6 to 8 servings.
October 8th, 2007 at 8:44 am
Drooooooooooooooooooool.
October 8th, 2007 at 9:05 am
…and it twas SOOOOOOOOOO good.
Sorry I have no leftovers though.
October 8th, 2007 at 12:05 pm
Ditto what Bruce said! And still 2 hours till lunch. :(
October 8th, 2007 at 7:17 pm
One can use a pork roast in exchange for the beef with this recipe too- it’s just as good if not BETTER.
September 23rd, 2009 at 5:32 pm
In case anyone is interested, I just found a real butter from New Zealand that is canned and sold in the US. It’s all natural with no preservatives or colorings, and has a shelf life of 10+ years without refrigeration. If you’re tired of the cheap margarine/butter that we get here, do yourself a favor and get some of this stuff. When cooking with it, it has a much better flavor. Even when just spreading it on bread you will be able to tell the difference. You can buy it by the can or even by the case at http://www.mredepot.com. They sent me a 15% discount/promotion code with my last order, and I don’t think it has an expiration date, so use it – 15%RETURN
This stuff is pretty amazing. Plus, they free range their cattle in NZ (better for the poor little moo’s) and the even sodium is lower than US butter. I think the discount works on everything on the site, so even their canned bacon, bread and cheese will be 15% off.
