Beef Roast With Crisps

Total Time: 3 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 4 tablespoons oil or 4 tablespoons butter
• 5 lbs beef roast, tied
• 1/2 cup flour
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon basil
• 1/2 teaspoon rosemary
• 1/4 teaspoon thyme
• 1/2 cup dried fig, and
• dried dates
• 2 apples, halved
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar or 2 tablespoons honey
• 1/2 cup beef stock
• 1 cup flour
• 1 egg
• 2/3 cup milk
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 cup chopped parsley

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350.
• 2 mix flour and cinnamon.
• 3 heat oil in dutch oven. dredge roast in flour/cinnamon mixture, and sear until nicely browned.
• 4 drain off oil.
• 5 mix together the basil, rosemary, thyme, and fruit, and arrange around the meat. sprinkle sugar or honey over fruit.
• 6 pour stock around the fruit, being careful not to pout it directly on fruit.
• 7 cover tightly and bake until tender, approximately 3 hours.
• 8 remove from over and cool for 30 minutes. while roast.
• 9 is cooling, make crisp batter: mix all ingredients for batter together.
• 10 raise oven heat to 450.
• 11 pour batter over top and sides of roast and bake in oven 5-10 minutes, until batter coating is browned.