Ukrainian pot roast

6 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 cup Sour cream or plain yogurt
1 each Onion lg. sliced
1 each Carrot sliced
3½ pounds Pot roast
4 eaches Salt pork slices <bacon>
2 tablespoons Scallions chopped
¾ cup Red wine burgundy or merlot
Salt & pepper to taste
½ cup Mushrooms fresh sliced
2 eaches Potatos cubed 1/2\"
1 teaspoon Vinegar

Directions

Lay the salt pork slices in the bottom of a roasting pan. Next mix the scallions, carrot slices, potato cubes, and onion then place as a thick layer on top of the salt pork. Rub the pot roast with the salt & pepper as you wish and then brown it on all sides. Remove from pan and place into the roaster. Add the wine and sour cream. Be sure that the sour cream is at room temperature or it will toughen the meat.

Place roaster cover on the roaster and cook in oven at 350 degrees F for 2½ hours. Skim fat from juices after removing the roast.

Thicken with flour add vinegar and bring to a boil. Strain the gravy and serve over the sliced meat. Origin: Tatiana Berov, Kyiv-Ukraine, circa 1996

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