Old-Fashioned Beef Pot Roast

• 1 1/2 kg blade roast (bolar blade specified)
• 4 garlic cloves (finely chopped)
• 500 g carrots
• 1 parsnip (240 grams)
• 500 g potatoes
• 4 bay leaves
• 30 g butter
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 3 tablespoons brandy
• 250 ml apple cider vinegar (good quality)
• 2 cups beef stock

1. Preheat oven to 160u0b0C.
2. Peel and chop vegetables into large bite size pieces.
3. Heat butter and oil in a big oven proof pot and add meat and brown on all sides.
4. Remove meat and add garlic, cook till fragrant (if using onion add with garlic and cook for a few minutes) and then add remaining vegetables and bay leaves and cook for a few more minutes.
5. Add the brandy and cook till evaporated.
6. Remove the vegetables from the pot and put the meat back and then pile the vegetables on top.
7. Pour the vinegar and stock over meat and vegetables.
8. Place the lid on and cook in the oven for 2 - 2 1/2 hours at 160u0b0C.
9. Carve meat and serve combined with vegetables and juices.

blade roast, garlic, bay leaves, butter, olive oil, brandy, apple cider vinegar, beef stock

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/old-fashioned-beef-pot-roast-337411 (may not work)