Peloponnesian Pot Roast


  • Ingredients
  • 2-1/2 to 3 pound beef pot roast
  • 8 cloves garlic, 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
  • Salt and pepper,
  • 2 Tbsp. olive oil
  • 3 - 8 oz. cans tomato sauce
  • 2 Tbsp. vinegar, 1/2 tsp. allspice
  • 1 tsp. ground nutmeg
  • 6 to 8 whole cloves
  • Hot cooked spaghetti



  • Directions
  • Peel garlic.
  • Make slits in top of meat with tip of knife and insert garlic cloves.
  • Sprinkle roast with salt and pepper.
  • In large skillet brown meat on both sides in olive oil.
  • Combine tomato sauce, vinegar, nutmeg, cloves, cinnamon,
    and allspice. Pour mixture over meat in skillet.
  • Cover and simmer for 1-1/2 hours or until meat is tender.
  • Remove meat to cutting board.
  • Bring juices in skillet to boil and boil uncovered about 5 minutes
    or till liquid is reduced to 3 cups.
  • Remove garlic cloves from meat, if desired and slice meat while juice is boiling.
  • Spoon some of the sauce over the meat.
  • Serve remaining sauce with spaghetti.