Bourbon Beef With Mustard Glaze

Total Time: 3 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 teaspoons chopped fresh thyme
• 2 teaspoons chopped fresh rosemary
• 2 teaspoons sweet hungarian paprika
• 1 teaspoon dry mustard
• kosher salt & freshly ground black pepper
• 4 lbs boneless beef chuck roast
• 2 tablespoons oil
• 2 -2 1/2 cups lower-salt chicken broth
• 1/2 cup bourbon
• 1 tablespoon coarse-grain dijon mustard
• 2 teaspoons unsulphured molasses
• 2 large yellow onions, halved and thinly sliced (about 4 cups)
• 4 medium garlic cloves, peeled
• 2 tablespoons smooth dijon mustard
• 2 teaspoons chopped fresh rosemary

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325.
• 2 in a small bowl, combine the thyme, rosemary, paprika, dry mustard, and 2 teaspoons each salt and pepper. sprinkle the spice blend all over the roast. cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours but preferably overnight.
• 3 heat 2 tablespoons oil over medium-high heat in a dutch oven with a tight-fitting oven-proof lid. brown roast well on all sides. in a medium bowl, whisk together broth, bourbon, dijon mustard and molasses. pour over roast. add onions and garlic and cover.
• 4 place covered dutch oven in the preheated oven and cook 2 1/2 to 3 hours or until roast is fork-tender.
• 5 take dutch oven out of oven and increase heat to 425. remove roast from dutch oven and place on a rack in a roasting pan. in food processor or blender, combine about 1/4 cup of the onion mixture in the dutch oven with 2 tablespoons dijon mustard and 2 teaspoons chopped fresh rosemary; process until smooth. brush top and sides of roast with about 2/3 of mustard mixture. place roast back in oven until glaze begins to brown. flip roast over, top with remaining mustard mixture, and return to oven to brown again.