Recipes from the heartland: Pot roast, buttermilk biscuits

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   >> this morning in today's kitchen, easy as 1-2-3. simple sunday supper. most families go in different directions all week. nice to get everybody around the table for a hearty meal. wes johnson , chef and owner of salt restaurant in st. louis is here. good to see you.

   >> good to see you, al.

   >> nothing says sunday dinner like a nice pot roast .

   >> definitely not. this is one of my favorite dishes and something i grew up with. one of those things that reminds you of childhood. it's a comfort food .

   >> and simple.

   >> perfect for sunday. we started with a chuck roast. we're going to season it liberally with salt and black pepper .

   >> both sides?

   >> all ways.

   >> it's an economical cut of meat.

   >> definitely.

   >> you have a pan nice and hot there. oh, you're good at this.

   >> you have the pepper already ground. nice.

   >> we want it nice and spicy.

   >> for a nice crust on it.

   >> uh-huh. we go with a hot oil in a pan here and we'll sear and brown both sides.

   >> how much?

   >> four, five minutes per side. get a nice brown crust. you're trying to develop the flavor.

   >> right.

   >> the nice dark color, that will translate into a lot more flavor in the end product.

   >> once it's brown you put it in the roasting pan and move on?

   >> uh-huh. what we have done here is we have diced carrots and onions. we saute them lightly. you don't have to cook them much.

   >> you want a nice bright color.

   >> and you bring out the aromatics of it. add the bay leaf and thyme. you can leave them whole because they won't wind up on the plate. then garlic. deglaze with worcestershire and red wine to give it depth.

   >> right.

   >> all we have to do is just add them to the pot over the pot roast .

   >> right.

   >> this is now going in the oven?

   >> uh-huh. we cover it with foil and cook it for three and a half, four hours.

   >> okay.

   >> depending on how good your oven is and how big your roast is.

   >> now we'll make buttermilk biscuits.

   >> uh-huh. definitely. nothing more southern and more home style than buttermilk biscuits. we have baking powder , baking soda , salt and sugar in here. we fold in the butter.

   >> what did you do to it?

   >> we shredded it with a cheese grater and then froze it so it will incorporate easier. so you get little bits in there already.

   >> what a great idea.

   >> we mix it in and we'll add -- do you want to try it? that's even better. add the egg first. go ahead and fold in the buttermilk. i'm going to get messy here.

   >> better you than me. that's why you're the chef. once you get it together, you will roll it out?

   >> uh-huh.

   >> how thick do you want the dough to be?

   >> i do an inch, inch and a half. thank you for flipping that. then we'll roll this out real quick.

   >> it takes you that long to clean your hands off. let's see what we have as far as our almost finished product. that's why he's the chef.

   >> so we have a finished pot roast here. if you will take one of the biscuits and break it in half. there you go. perfect timing.

   >> lenny and squiggy are here.

   >> slice it up? look how easy.

   >> you get a couple of slices. couple of these on there.

   >> yum.

   >> then we hit it with a little bit of the glaze which is the carrots, onions and everything reduced.

   >> it's gold, jerry! gold! chef johnson, thank you so much.

   >> thank you.

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