Annie Mae Jones' Spiced Pot Roast with Fresh Figs

Title:
Annie Mae Jones' Spiced Pot Roast with Fresh Figs

Yield:
8 Servings

Categories:
Beef




Ingredients:





     1    4-5 lb bottom or top round


          -of beef


     1 ts Ginger, ground


   1/4 c  Flour


     2 ts Salt


   1/4 ts Black pepper


     2 tb Oil


     2 md Onions; peeled and chopped.


     1 cn Tomatoes (16 oz)


     1 c  Beef stock


     1    Red pepper,seeded/chopped


    12    Figs,fresh






 Wipe the meat with a damp cloth.  Combine the ginger, flour, salt, and


 pepper, and rub mixture into meat.


 


 Heat oil in a large heavy pot; add the meat and brown it well on all sides.


 Add the onions, tomatoes, stock, and red pepper. Bring to a boil, cover,


 lower heat, and let simmer for 2-1/2 to 3 hours, or until meat is tender.


 Add figs for the last 15 minutes of cooking.


 


 Place meat on serving platter and surround with figs. Let cooking liquid in


 pot cool slightly, the remove all surface grease possible. Reheat and serve


 separately to spoon over slices of meat.


 


                          per Diane Lazarus


 


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