Topside and silverside
These cuts are best for slow pot-roasting
METHOD ONE
● Wrap the meat with foil, adding salt & pepper and maybe a
clove of garlic
● Seal tightly and put in a heavy pot
● Cook
in the oven for 2 to 3 hours depending on joint size at
150˚C, 300˚F or Gas Mark 2
METHOD TWO
● Prepare a selection (or all!) of the following vegetables:
onions, carrots, parsnips,
leeks, celery and swedes/neeps
● Place them in large chunks on the bottom of a heavy
cooking pot
● Put
the meat on top and shuggle it down to bed it beside
the vegetables
● Add some salt, herbs, pepper and water/stock/wine to ensure
that there is enough fluid for a long, slow cook
● Cover the pan tightly, get it good and hot on the top of the
oven then place in oven at 140˚C, 275˚F or Gas Mark 1
for about 3 hours.