Shiraz Roast and Ultimate Beef Gravy Recipe Backslider

• 3 lbs beef (blade chuck roast or your favorite cut)
• 2 Onions Quartered
• 2 tbsp fresh chopped garlic
• Flower as needed
• 2 tbsp Sweet Hungarian Paprika
• 1 "Bouquet Garni":recipes/10566
• a few pinches of Fresh Rosemary Chopped
• 2/3 Cup of Shiraz
• 1 Cup of fresh Mushrooms
• Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• salt (to taste)
• pepper (to taste)
• "thickener for gravy":stories/10549

1. Allow beef roast to set to approx room temperature.
2. Rinse the roast under cool water, and pat dry with towels.
3. Lightly coat beef with olive oil and paprika.
4. Preheat oven to 350F.
5. Heat large skillet to Medium High heat.
6. When pan is hot, place quartered onions on skillet and brown each flat side of quartered onion.
7. When browned remove from skillet and place in roasting pan.
8. Toss in garlic for a quick browning, and place in roasting pan with onions.
9. Place roast in hot skillet and brown until crust forms.
10. Flip and brown other side.
11. With both sides browned, place roast in center of roasting pan.
12. Circle the roast with quartered onions and garlic.
13. Deglaze the pan using Shiraz scraping the pan to remove all of the dark brown bits, and pour over roast.
14. Sprinkle rosemary lightly over the top of the roast.
15. Grind fresh black pepper over the top of the roast.
16. Fill the roasting pan to one half of the beefs height with water.
17. Do cover the roast with water.
18. Add Mushrooms and Bouquet Garni to roasting pan
19. Place in oven and cook covered @ 350F for 3 to 3 1/2 hours.
20. Remove roast and onions from pan and place in serving dish.
21. Pour juices from roasting pan in to a medium sauce pan and turn to medium heat and thicken.
22. Salt gravy to taste.
23. Serve roast with gravy, add your favorite Mashed Potato, or Rice recipe.

beef, onions, garlic, flower, sweet hungarian paprika, rosemary, shiraz, mushrooms, extra virgin, salt, pepper

Taken from www.chowhound.com/recipes/shiraz-roast-ultimate-beef-gravy-11558 (may not work)