Slow cooked beef bolar roast with smashed potatoes

Hearty slow cooked beef bolar roast with garlic and sage smashed potatoes

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Serves

6 - 8

Prep Time

20 mins

Cook Time

4 hrs

This slow cooked beef bolar roast is melt in your mouth deliciousness, with smashed garlic and sage potatoes it's perfect for a Sunday roast.

Use your slow cooker or a casserole dish in the oven for an easy 'prep and walk away' winter dinner.

Recipe courtesy of Greenlea Butcher Shop.

Recipe courtesy of Greenlea Butcher Shop.

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Ingredients

For the Beef Bolar Roast
  • 1.5kg Quality Mark bolar roasti

  • 2 Tbsp olive oil

  • 2 onions

    roughly chopped
  • 4 garlic cloves

    crushed
  • 1 carrots

    roughly chopped
  • 2 celery stalks

    roughly chopped
  • 2 bay leaves

  • 1 large sprig of fresh thyme

  • 500ml beef bone brothi

  • 2 Tbsp cornflour

For the Potatoes
  • 1 kg baby potatoes

  • 10 sage leaves

  • 4 garlic cloves

    crushed
  • 1 tsp sea salti

  • 3 Tbsp olive oil

Method

To Make the Beef Bolar Roast
1

Preheat the oven to 160°C.

2

Heat a large cast iron casserole dish on a medium/high heat. Add the olive oil.

3

Brown the roast on all sides, remove from the dish and place to one side.

4

Add the onions, garlic, carrot, celery, bay leaves, and thyme.

5

Sauté for 5 minutes.

6

Add the bone broth and stir well, scraping the bottom of the dish with a wooden spoon.

7

Return the beef roast to the casserole dish.

8

Put the lid on the dish and place into the oven to cook for 4 hours.

9

When the beef is tender, remove from the casserole dish and place on a serving platter and keep warm.

To Make the Gravy
1

Pour the cooking liquid through a sieve into another pot.

2

Mix the cornflour with a little beef stock or water until liquid.

3

Pour this cornflour mixture into the cooking liquid and heat, stirring until thickened.

To Make the Potatoes
1

Boil the potatoes until soft and then drain.

2

Arrange the potatoes in a single layer in an oven proof dish.

3

Smash the tops using a fork.

4

Sprinkle over the sage leaves, garlic, and salt.

5

Drizzle generously with olive oil.

6

Place into an oven heated to 200°C for 30 minutes until golden.

Nutrition Information per Serving (471g)

This nutrition analysis is based on 8 serves.

Energy2122kJ (507 kcal)
Protein43.6g
Total Fat27.5g
Saturated Fat7.8g
Carbohydrate19.4g
Dietary Fibre4.3g
Sodium536mg
Iron5.9mg
Zinc7.1mg
Vitamin B122.4µg