Uncle Bill's Beef Roast In A Slow Cooker

Total Time: 6 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 6 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 3 1/2 lbs outside round roast
• 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 4 large garlic cloves, peeled and quartered
• 2 slices bacon, cut into 1 inch pieces
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 (10 ounce) can mushrooms, bits and pieces include liquid
• 1 (10 ounce) can cream of mushroom soup
• 1 (2 ounce) envelope onion soup mix
• 1 teaspoon seasoning salt
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• 18 pearl onions (silver skin onions)
• 12 baby carrots
• 6 medium yukon gold potatoes, scrubbed
• 6 medium fresh mushrooms, cut in half
• 1 cup dry red wine
• 2 large celery ribs, cut into chunks

Recipe

• 1 heat olive oil on medium-high heat in a heavy bottom frying pan.
• 2 sear and brown roast on all sides.
• 3 let roast cook for a few minutes.
• 4 using a narrow sharp paring knife, punch holes in the roast at various intervals to about 1 1/2 inches in depth.
• 5 stuff each hole with one piece of bacon and one piece of garlic, push down into the cut.
• 6 place roast in a slow cooker set on low heat.
• 7 add water, bits and pieces mushrooms including liquid, and mushroom soup.
• 8 sprinkle onion soup mix over the roast.
• 9 now add salt, pepper.
• 10 remove the outer skin from the onions and add to the crock pot.
• 11 add baby carrots, whole potatoes, fresh mushrooms and red wine.
• 12 cover and cook on low heat for 5 hours, turning the roast at least 4 times during cooking.
• 13 at the end of 5 hours, add celery, cover and continue to cook until the time reaches 6 hours.
• 14 cut or slice the beef and serve with veggies and the tasty gravy that is cooked.
• 15 a nice piece of italian bread or sour dough bread goes very nicely to dip into the gravy.