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===A variant of Karelian roast, by [[User:Lolth|Lolth]]===

This is slightly more artery-friendly than my gran's original recipe, plus it has veggies in it.

<strong>Main ingredients:</strong><br>
2 lb. of beef (fairly lean, and you can use cheapest parts for this)<br>
2 lb. of pork (somewhat greasy, and cheapest parts are the best)<br>
1 1/2 cups of water<br>
a decent-sized chunk of butter (about 4 oz)<br>
a bottle (quart-sized or slightly bigger) of ale<br>

<strong>Optional stuff (for each two ingredients added, add 1/4 cup of water):</strong><br>
1-2 carrots, diced<br>
1-2 onions, sliced<br>
1 small root celery, diced<br>
small swede/turnip, diced<br>
1 lb. of lamb (cheap bits)<br>

<strong>Spices:</strong>
salt<br>
black pepper (whole), rose pepper (whole)<br>
2 bay leaves<br>
dried rosemary<br>

<strong>Preparations:</strong><br>

Preheat the oven to 480 F/250 C.
Take a largish iron or clay pot (which has a lid); the pot has to be able to withstand lots of heat.

Dice the meat. Try to make them even-sized bits, but 's okay if you can't.

Fry the meat on a skillet (or in a pot), using half of butter, until it has changed color, and no longer dribs reddish fluids; before this, tuck in any veggies you fancy so they get a good whirl around as well.

Dump in spices and the rest of butter (spices to taste; you can always add more salt later, so it is not a bad idea to be stingy with it at this point). Note that the ale is added later. Do not put it in at this point.

Put the pot into the oven <i>without</i> the lid. Roast for 30 minutes, and at 15 minutes mark take a ladle and pull the pot out just enough to give it a good stir.

At 30 minute mark, lower temperature down to 390 F/200 C, and again, let the entire thing to stew for 30 minutes.

Take the pot out, stir, pour in ale. Put the lid on. Lower the temperature of the oven down to 350 F/175 C, and let it stew for 1 - 2 hours.

Check the flavor somewhere in mid-roasting, and if the roast looks a bit dry (the level of fluids should be just a bit below level of stuff), add some water.

Serve with whole boiled potatoes, salad, carrots, etc.