Pot Roast with Potato Dumplings | Saveur

Ingredients

• 1 beef eye of round (5–6 lbs.), tied at 2" intervals (see Tying a Butcher's Slipknot)
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
• 1 ¹⁄₃ cups red wine vinegar
• 4 whole cloves
• 4 whole black peppercorns
• 3 yellow onions, 2 sliced, 1 finely chopped
• 2 dried bay leaves
• 1 carrot, cut crosswise into 1⁄3" rounds
• 1 rib celery, coarsely chopped
• 2 Tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil
• 7 Tbsp. butter
• 1 ¹⁄₄ cups flour
• 1 Tbsp. sugar
• 1 cup fresh bread crumbs
• 1 Tbsp. finely chopped parsley
• 2 lb. russet potatoes, peeled and grated
• 2 eggs, lightly beaten
• 5 crunchy gingersnaps, crushed