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5 from 2 votes

Perfect Pot Roast and Gravy

The meal that screams "Sunday" and "family". 
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time4 hours
Total Time4 hours 10 minutes
Course: dinner, Main Course
Cuisine: American
Servings: 8 servings
Calories: 749kcal

Ingredients

  • one 3-4 pound beef or pork roast
  • 1 can beef broth
  • 1 can beef consume or two cans beef broth
  • 2 large onions
  • 4 large carrots
  • 1 sprig fresh rosemary
  • 1 hillshire farm fully cooked smoked sausage
  • 2 Tablespoon olive oil
  • 2 Tablespoon salt
  • ¼ cup flour
  • 1 cup cold water

Instructions

Roast:

  • Cut onions in half, and carrots in quarters, in your roasting pan, on high heat brown carrots, onion, sausage on all sides. Take out and set aside.
  • Use one tablespoon of salt on each side of your roast and brown in roasting pan following the vegetables.
  • Leaving pan on high, add half a can of beef broth and whisk until the bottom of pan is smooth.
  • Add all ingredients except water and flour to pan.
  • Cover and bake in oven at 275. one hour per pound. (3 hours for a 3 lb. roast, 4 hours for a 4 lb roast)

Gravy:

  • Remove roast from pan, and pour all liquid into a med saucepan.
  • Strain or remove any clumps, bring to boil
  • In a separate bowl combine water and flour and whisk until smooth.
  • Once broth is boiling very very slowly add four mixture to pan, while whisking. Continue mixing entire time- after about half of the mixture is added let boil for a minute or two to test the gravy's thickness. if you like your gravy thicker add more flour water. Add until gravy is at your desired thickness. If you, for some reason have a lot of broth you may need to double your flour/water measurements.
  • After gravy has reached desired consistency turn heat down a little bit and continue whisking for another minute. Taste test gravy to see if it need a little extra salt.

Nutrition

Calories: 749kcal | Carbohydrates: 69g | Protein: 15g | Fat: 46g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Cholesterol: 46mg | Sodium: 14711mg | Potassium: 1226mg | Fiber: 11g | Sugar: 20g | Vitamin A: 40765IU | Vitamin C: 30.7mg | Calcium: 131mg | Iron: 3.3mg