Pasticada, Dalmatian-style Pot Roast, a Croatian recipe from the Worldwide Gourmet

Ingredients

• - 2.5 kg (5 lb.) beef (top round)
• - 350 g (12 oz.) smoked bacon
• - 3-4 onions, thinly sliced
• - 300 g (10 oz.) each parsnips and carrots
• - 4 cloves of garlic, minced
• - 350 g (12 oz.) tomatoes, peeled and quartered
• - 350 g (12 oz.) celery
• - 8 prunes
• - 1 bottle of red wine
• - 2 tsp. strong prepared mustard
• - Olive oil
• - Bay leaf
• - rosemary
• - thyme
• - salt and pepper