Italian-Style Pot Roast
7
Points®
Total time: 4 hr 40 min • Prep: 40 min • Cook: 4 hr • Serves: 8 • Difficulty: Easy
In Italy, slow-cooked pot roast is called stracotto, which means “overcooked.” Serve it up the way Italians do with a side of soft-cooked polenta. Not sure what “fork-tender” means? When it comes to pot roast or poultry, as well as potatoes and other hard vegetables, it’s that point when a fork can be inserted into food and removed easily.


Ingredients
Uncooked lean beef bottom round roast
48 oz
Kosher salt
1.5 tsp
Black pepper
0.25 tsp
Black pepper
0.125 tsp
All-purpose flour
2 Tbsp
Olive oil
1 Tbsp
Red onion
1 large
Garlic
3 large clove(s)
Dried porcini mushrooms
0.5 oz
Rosemary
1 Tbsp
Canned diced tomatoes
14.5 oz
Fresh parsley
8 sprig(s)
Instructions
1
Sprinkle roast with 1 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Place beef on sheet of wax paper; sprinkle with flour, gently pressing so it adheres.
2
Heat oil in large skillet over medium-high heat. Add beef and cook until browned on all sides, about 10 minutes. Transfer to 5- or 6-quart slow cooker.
3
Reduce heat to medium. Add onion to skillet and cook, stirring, until softened, about 5 minutes. Add garlic, dried mushrooms, and rosemary and cook, stirring constantly, until fragrant, about 1 minute. Transfer onion mixture to slow cooker; stir in tomatoes, parsley sprigs, remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt, and remaining 1/8 teaspoon pepper. Cover and cook until beef is fork-tender, 4–6 hours on High or 8–10 hours on Low. Remove and discard parsley sprigs. Transfer beef to cutting board; let stand loosely covered 10 minutes
4
Meanwhile, pour pan liquid and vegetables into medium saucepan and bring to boil over high heat. Boil until reduced to to about 2 cups.
5
Cut beef against grain into 16 slices. Serve with sauce and vegetables.
6
Serving size: 2 slices beef and 1/4 cup sauce with vegetables
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