Boneless Beef Roast
with melted Tomatoes
and Onions
Adapted from New York Times Cooking. This would make a great recipe using your boneless, but not brisket, beef roast from lat week’s meat CSA. This could be a great special occasion dinner and then flip into sandwiches after!
Ingredients
1 boneless beef roast
Fine sea salt
Freshly ground black pepper
4 tablespoons olive oil
2 onions, coarsely chopped
4 cloves garlic, cut into slivers
3 large or 4 medium ripe tomatoes
6 sprigs thyme, woody stems discarded
INSTRUCTIONS
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Season roast with salt and pepper. In a large heavy pot or Dutch oven, heat oil to very hot. Sear roast on all sides until crusty dark brown, at least 3 to 4 minutes a side. Do not move roast around while searing, as this will prevent crust from forming.
- Add onions, garlic, tomatoes and thyme to pot. Stir and cook vegetables 3 to 4 minutes. Add water to come a third of the way up the roast. Place pot in oven, uncovered.
- Braise about 1 to 2 hours depending on size, until meat thermometer inserted into center registers about 135 degrees (medium rare). Do not overcook. Remove from oven, tent with aluminum foil, and let rest 10 minutes. Transfer to carving board or platter and serve with tomatoes, onions and pan juices.
