Cider Braised Pot Roast with Crispy Sage Butter Potatoes
Recipe from Tieghan Gerard · original post · full recipe on halfbakedharvest.com
Chuck roast slow-braised with caramelised onions, shallots, apple cider and apple butter until fall-apart tender, served with smashed potatoes roasted crisp in sage brown butter.
Serves 6 205 minKid-friendly
BeefSlow cookAmerican
Ingredients
- beef chuck roast1.6 kg
- plain flour15 g
- salted butter85 g
- yellow onions — thinly sliced3 ea
- shallots — halved4 ea
- unfiltered apple juice480 ml
- dry white wine480 ml
- fresh thyme — chopped5 g
- apple butter35 g
- small potatoes450 g
- fresh sage leaves5 g
- garlic powder1 tsp
Method
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Swaps that keep this dish what it is. The prices on this page are for the recipe as written.
Gluten-free
- 10 g Cornflour instead of plain flour
Rub the roast with cornflour instead of flour; braising and roasting times are unchanged.
Dairy-free
Cider Braised Pot Roast with Crispy Sage Potatoes
- 75 ml Olive oil instead of salted butter
- 50 g Apple purée instead of apple butter
Soften the onions in a tablespoon of the olive oil and roast the smashed potatoes in the rest with the sage, letting the leaves fry crisp; times are unchanged.
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Shops to compare
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Missing items
These totals leave part of the list out, so a lower one isn't a cheaper shop.
Sainsbury's· £5.77 of food
£8.10
29% spare
No price at Sainsbury's for:
- beef chuck roast
- unfiltered apple juice
- dry white wine
- apple butter
- fresh sage leaves
Morrisons· £7.66 of food · £1.89 more
£10.43
27% spare
No price at Morrisons for:
- beef chuck roast
- unfiltered apple juice
- dry white wine
- apple butter
- fresh sage leaves
Aldi UK· £3.64 of food
£5.88
38% spare
No price at Aldi UK for:
- beef chuck roast
- unfiltered apple juice
- dry white wine
- apple butter
- fresh sage leaves
- garlic powder
Tesco· £6.99 of food
£8.90
21% spare
No price at Tesco for:
- beef chuck roast
- unfiltered apple juice
- dry white wine
- fresh thyme
- apple butter
- small potatoes
- fresh sage leaves
Asda· £5.50 of food
£7.05
22% spare
No price at Asda for:
- beef chuck roast
- unfiltered apple juice
- dry white wine
- fresh thyme
- apple butter
- small potatoes
- fresh sage leaves
- garlic powder
£0.96a serve
from £0.96 a serve at Sainsbury's · 7 of 12 ingredients priced
About £5.77 of ingredients used for 6 serves.
£7.58 across 3 shops · 7 of 12 items priced · £0.35 more for bigger packs, 35% spare for later
Sainsbury's£5.77
missing 5 items
you'll pay £8.10 · 29% of it spare
Morrisons£7.66
missing 5 items · £1.89 more
you'll pay £10.43 · 27% of it spare
Aldi UK£3.64
missing 6 items
you'll pay £5.88 · 38% of it spare
Tesco£6.99
missing 7 items
you'll pay £8.90 · 21% of it spare
Asda£5.50
missing 8 items
you'll pay £7.05 · 22% of it spare
Buy at Aldi UK£2.38
shallots
£0.69
need 4 itemsNature's Pick British Shallots 400g 0.4kgclosest matchreal special 1 pack assumed, quantity unknown (size unknown)
Aldi UK£0.69·Morrisons£1.10·Sainsbury's£2.88/kg£1.15·Tesco£3.38/kg£1.35·Asda£24.38/kg£3.90·
OcadoN/A
fresh thyme
£25.00/kg
need 5 gReady, Set…cook! Cut Thyme 20 g£0.50
Aldi UK£25.00/kg£0.50·Sainsbury's£27.50/kg£0.55·Morrisons£0.70·TescoN/A·AsdaN/A·OcadoN/A
small potatoes
£1.19
need 450 gNature's Pick British Salad Potatoes 1 kgclosest match
Aldi UK£1.19·Morrisons£1.30·Sainsbury's£2.07/kg£1.55·TescoN/A·AsdaN/A·OcadoN/A
Buy at Sainsbury's£2.40
plain flour
£0.90/kg
need 15 gSainsbury's Plain Flour 500 g£0.45
Sainsbury's£0.90/kg£0.45·Morrisons£0.53·Aldi UK£0.70·Tesco£0.47/kg£0.70·Asda£0.47/kg£0.70·OcadoN/A
garlic powder
£4.88/kg
need 1 tspNatco Garlic Powder 400g£1.95
Sainsbury's£4.88/kg£1.95·Tesco£10.00/kg£1.00·Morrisons£1.00·Aldi UKN/A·AsdaN/A·OcadoN/A
Buy at Morrisons£2.80
salted butter
£1.85
need 85 gMorrisons British Salted Butter 250 gclosest match
Morrisons£1.85·Sainsbury's£7.50/kg£1.50·Asda£7.50/kg£1.50·Aldi UK£7.40/kg£1.85·Tesco£7.40/kg£1.85·OcadoN/A
yellow onions
£0.95
need 3 itemsMorrisons 3 perpack 3 itemsclosest match
Morrisons£0.95·Aldi UK£0.95·Sainsbury's£0.32/ea£0.95·Asda£0.32/ea£0.95·Tesco£0.33/ea£1.00·OcadoN/A
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- beef chuck roast · 1.6 kg
- unfiltered apple juice · 480 ml
- dry white wine · 480 ml
- apple butter · 35 g
- fresh sage leaves · 5 g