Apple Orchard Pot Roast

Ingredients

• 1 (3-pound) boneless beef bottom round roast
• 2 teaspoons vegetable oil
• 1 1/2 cups apple juice
• 1 cup dry white wine
• 1/2 cup orange juice
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 6 garlic cloves, peeled
• 6 whole cloves
• 2 (1 x 3-inch) orange rind strips
• 1 (3-inch) cinnamon stick
• 8 turnips (about 1 pound), peeled
• 6 carrots (about 3/4 pound), peeled and cut into thirds
• 4 parsnips (about 3/4 pound), peeled and cut into thirds
• 2 peeled baking potatoes (about 1 pound), halved and quartered
• 1 peeled sweet potato (about 1 pound), halved and quartered

Preparation

1. Preheat oven to 300°.
2. Trim fat from roast. Heat oil in Dutch oven over medium-high heat until hot. Add roast; cook 5 minutes, browning on all sides. Add apple juice, wine, and orange juice; scrape pan to loosen browned bits. Add salt, garlic, cloves, rind, and cinnamon. Bring to a boil; remove from heat. Cover; bake at 300° for 1 hour.
3. Remove from oven; turn roast over. Add vegetables to pan; cover and bake 2 additional hours. Increase oven temperature to 400° (do not remove roast from oven). Bake, uncovered, 20 minutes or until roast is very tender. Remove roast and vegetables from pan. Tent roast with foil; let stand 10 minutes before slicing. Strain cooking liquid through a sieve into a bowl; discard solids. Serve with roast and vegetables.