Slow-Cooked Beef Pot Roast with Winter Root Vegetables – Fresh Roots Farm

Ingredients

• 2-3 lb Fresh Roots Farm Grassfed Beef Roast (cross-rib, sirloin, round)
• salt
• black pepper (freshly ground)
• 1 tbsp oil
• 5 medium carrots (peeled & chopped into bite-sized pieces)
• 3 medium parsnips (peeled & chopped into bite-sized pieces)
• 2 medium turnips (peeled & chopped into bite-sized pieces (option to add potatoes instead))
• 2 tbsp whole black peppercorns
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 tbsp dried thyme ((or 2 tbsp fresh) )
• 1.5 cups dry red wine (optional (but gives an excuse for tasting while it cooks))
• 1 cup beef stock ((made with Fresh Roots Farm Grassfed Beef Soup bones!))
• 1 tbsp dried parsley ((or 2 tbsp fresh))
• 1 tbsp unsalted butter (for searing at end of cooking)