Momma's Roman Stew Recipe

 to braise, or non to braise...

Momma prepared this stew regularly for us because it is piece of cake to make, it consists of uncomplicated ingredients together with because it sense of savor actually good. I am non for sure where or how she came nearly the recipe every bit my Momma was innovative when it came to putting nutrient on the tabular array for the hungry, to a greater extent than oft than non my daddy together with me. But I am for sure she institute it or a similar version inward the many magazines together with TV shows of the time, the menstruation existence the same every bit when Julia Child was babbling nearly Beef Bourguignon, Jell-O encased everything inward gelatin together with Graham Kerr had us galloping into clarified butter every bit good every bit copious amounts of cream together with fat.

Momma took the fourth dimension to apace sear the meat earlier piece of cake allowing it to braise inward the delectable sauce, or gravy every bit daddy would've called it. Many recipes during together with earlier this fourth dimension told us to merely add together raw meat to a hot liquid together with if you lot convey all day, this is fine to do. Now I dubiety the authenticity of this recipe's heritage. The Romans, truth live on told, in all likelihood did non move carrots, mayhap cardoons was the root vegetable of pick together with I am for sure tomatoes were non precisely about during this ancient period. If history is correct, the love apple tree came to Europe during the 16th century from South America, Republic of Peru to live on exact. I'm for sure the spices Momma used convey changed over the years from the master version every bit good together with I am also for sure of 1 to a greater extent than fact: Red vino was indeed the acidifier used to tenderize the meat. The Romans to a greater extent than than probable used it every bit a flavored, liquid stewing base of operations every bit vino was drank more-so-than water. Well, that's what today's TV shows would convey us believe.

Braising: cooking technique using both dry out together with moisture heats. Similar to 'pot-roasting' every bit the meat is showtime seared apace over high rut together with and then allowed to piece of cake create over depression rut inward a flavored liquid bath.

The braise cooking technique that tenderly turns the bits of roasts into succulent morsels was non introduced to us yesteryear the Romans either. More than likely, this cooking method came nearly precisely about the same fourth dimension human being invented fire. Now getting dorsum to the tomato, Momma used a tin of spaghetti sauce together with every bit I remember, it was every bit apparently every bit tin be. Remember, this was dorsum inward the 60’s, earlier nosotros knew it every bit pasta sauce together with means earlier nosotros knew nosotros would convey to pick from 4 dozen types of pasta sauces inward today’s grocer. In reality, a tin of proficient crushed love apple tree along alongside the blends of Italian seasonings would exercise precisely fine inward this recipe too.

Mother’s Roman Stew

This is 1 of her many 1 pot meals.
nearly half dozen servings

three 1/2 pounds chuck roast
Salt together with pepper to taste
1/2 loving cup cooking oil
1 large yellowish onion, chopped
1 large light-green bell pepper, chopped
2 ribs celery, diced
1/2 loving cup crimson wine
1 -26 oz tin spaghetti sauce
1 loving cup beef stock or water
4 large potatoes, peeled together with cutting into bite-size
half dozen carrots, peeled together with cutting into coins
2 teaspoons Italian herbs (Momma used oregano, thyme together with basil) 

Cut roast into 1 to 1/2 inch bite-size sections together with flavour alongside tabular array salt together with pepper. Heat crude over medium high rut inward a large dutch oven together with apace chocolate-brown meat on both sides. Do non over crowd pot; create inward several batches if necessary. Remove meat to a bowl together with spoon away all but nearly 1 tablespoon of oil.

Cook onions together with peppers over medium rut until tender.

Return meat to the pot of vegetables. Add the wine, sauce together with beef stock together with growth rut to high. At simmer, cut down to low, embrace together with create nearly twoscore minutes.

Add the potatoes together with carrots, the seasonings together with create at depression simmer until potatoes are tender, nearly xxx minutes.

Serve alongside crusty hot bread.