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\ud83c\udf41 My take on a holiday braise<\/h3>\n

Dried cranberries, orange zest, freshly grated ginger. Written out like that, it reads like turkey stuffing. That is not an accident: this is my take on a holiday braise, except the thing in the middle of the plate is a beef chuck roast instead of a bird. Same family as my clementine and cranberry turkey<\/a>, same sweet and tangy direction.<\/p>\n

But do not save it for December. A Tuesday in October, a Sunday in February, it works exactly the same. It is really, really good.<\/p>\n

\ud83c\udf76 Soy sauce in a pot roast<\/h3>\n

Go read the other pot roast recipes out there. Onion soup mix, beef broth, mustard and maple. Soy sauce, never.<\/p>\n

That is the piece doing the heavy lifting here. A quarter cup in the bottom of the slow cooker gives you the deep savoury base that other recipes chase with a bouillon cube. Put that next to the zest and juice of a whole orange, grated ginger and a handful of dried cranberries, and the sauce lands sweet, salty and sharp all at once. My orange-braised veal cheeks<\/a> run on the same base: soy, ginger, orange, veal stock, red wine. Two very different cuts, one sauce I like far too much to use only once.<\/p>\n

\ud83c\udf72 You leave in the morning and you do not touch it<\/h3>\n

There are two chuck roasts on this site and they take over your day in completely different ways. My Guinness braised beef chuck roast<\/a> braises for three and a half hours in a Dutch oven on the stove, and you need to be home for it. This one gets seared before you leave, the lid goes on, and it waits for you.<\/p>\n

Honestly? The slow cooker is not my favourite tool. When I have the choice, I do this one in the oven in a big enameled cast iron Dutch oven, and that version is written out in full in the tips below. But when you walk out the door at seven in the morning and you want dinner ready when you get back, nothing beats closing that lid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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