Recipe: <!-- -->Asado Negro (Venezuelan-Style Roast Beef)<!-- --> | Whole Foods Market

Ingredients

• 4 pounds beef chuck, tied for a roast
• 4 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
• 3 stalks of celery, washed, peeled and thinly sliced
• 1 leek, white and light green parts only, thinly sliced and washed
• 2 white onions, peeled, cut in half and sliced thinly in half rounds
• 3 dried bay leaves
• 1/2 cup olive oil
• 1/2 cup Worcestershire sauce
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 cup red wine (like cabernet sauvignon or an inexpensive Chilean wine)
• 2 cups white wine vinegar
• 3 tablespoons brown sugar
• 2 large green bell peppers, cut in half inch cubes
• 8 medium white button mushrooms, sliced thinly
• 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 5 parsley sprigs, chopped