The anatomy of a Grass Fed Roast (Pics)

[Darkfire]

Grass fed meat seems to cook differently than your regular roast. It seems to take longer and likes to be wet. So I am going back in time to recreate old recipes our recent ancestors did. I am having amazing successes. My kitchen is a wreck but my tummy is full and my DH is happy. A good roast starts with the meat. I got a sirloin tip roast from the local farmers from a grass fed cow. This is not dry aged but it is where I am at right now. I use potatoes and carrots but don't really eat those. I cannot stand cooked carrots low carbing or not. I like the flavor they impart into the broth and meat but that is as far as it goes. For VLC don't add them it's a matter of choice really.

Ingredients:


1 roast
cast iron dutch oven
onion powder
garlic powder
EVOO
onion
carrot
potato
pepper
salt
beef broth




For more info on the broth, pics and more food porn galore see this thread: http://www.lowcarbfriends.com/bbs/lo...re-s-mine.html



The veggies are local and organic. The spices are local and the EVOO is a local company with their family farms in Greece. I talk to these guys every week, well parts of them. Sometimes they are in Greece. Amazing family really.

I do not skin anything but the onion. I put the roast in first and the veggies on top. I swirl some EVOO on top and put in the oven for about 2 hrs (3 pound roast) on 350.

Leavings for Lamb Broth:

This went into the pot as seen in the other thread I linked to.

Ready for the oven:


Finished:


Plated for me:


Enjoy!

[LeanLioness]

YUM!!!

[wcwendy]

I love that you're sharing with us what you learn! Thank you so much!

[Darkfire]

Originally Posted by wcwendy

I love that you're sharing with us what you learn! Thank you so much!

My pleasure, sharing is healing, at least for me.

[debkeversole]

that is beautiful!!

[CookinsForMe]

Mmm, I love grass fed, specially a roast. It looks great - thanks for sharing.

[SashimiMark]

That looks awesome. I'm curious though, you find that grass-fed meats take longer to cook? I've read in a few places that it actually takes less time to cook, and that has been my experience as well though I've only ever cooked grass-fed ground beef. With my last order of meat from 8 o'clock ranch I got a 3-lbs london broil and some stew beef. I'll let you know how they cook.

[Darkfire]

Originally Posted by SashimiMark

That looks awesome. I'm curious though, you find that grass-fed meats take longer to cook? I've read in a few places that it actually takes less time to cook, and that has been my experience as well though I've only ever cooked grass-fed ground beef. With my last order of meat from 8 o'clock ranch I got a 3-lbs london broil and some stew beef. I'll let you know how they cook.

Please do because they just seem so dense they take longer to cook. It might be the dutch oven. I was doing it a different way before but I assumed that would make it faster. So yes you have homework please report to the rest of the class hehe.

Do you cook in cast iron? My good eggs seem to take a little longer to set up as well. Maybe I am insane, how about yours?

[SashimiMark]

I don't have any cast iron. All my stuff is stainless steel. I've always wanted a dutch oven.

[pocahontas]

I find the grass fed beef cooks faster too. I just pulled my dutch oven out the other day but its still a little warm to use it. I cant wait to do a roast when it cools off a bit. DH grilled up a grass fed tri-tip (delish by the way!) on Friday and commented that it was done a lot quicker than he anticipated. I wonder if the cast iron will make a difference?

[keokagal]

Lovely.