Scandinavian Pot Roast Recipes

SWEDISH POT ROAST

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a skillet over medium heat.
• While the butter is melting, mix together the parsley, pepper, nutmeg, onion powder and salt in a small bowl.
• Rub the spice mix on all sides of the roast.
• Once the skillet is hot, sear the roast, browning it lightly on all sides. (Set aside the skillet to prepare the gravy later.)
• Preheat the oven to 300 degrees.
• Place the roast in a 2 1/2 quart dutch oven and cover it. Bake the roast for 3 hours.
• Heat the skillet to medium heat that you browned the roast in. Add two tablespoons of the juices from the roast.
• Add in the flour, beef bouillon, and pepper, then mix well.
• Add 1/2 cup of milk and whisk until smooth.
• Add another 1/2 cup of milk and whisk until smooth. Then add the remaining milk and whisk until smooth.
• Heat until the milk gravy is at a low boil, whisking constantly.
• Cook for 5-7 minutes or until the gravy has thickened. It's important to note that it will thicken a little more as the gravy cools.
• Serve the pot roast and gravy over mashed potatoes or noodles.

SWEDISH POT ROAST

Steps:

• Combine cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, salt and pepper. Rub into all sides of roast. Heat Dutch oven or pressure cooker/InstantPot pot (if using one of these), pour in the cooking oil and brown the roast on all sides.
• To the pot, add sliced onions, garlic and brown sugar dissolved in the vinegar or wine, water and bay leaves.
• If using Dutch Oven: place lid over Dutch Oven, and roast in 250F oven for 6-6 1/2 hours until meat literally falls apart when you lift it from the Dutch Oven.
• If using Pressure Cooker or Instant Pot: Close and lock Pressure Cooker. Heat until Pressure Regulator begins rocking slowly. After 40 minutes of rocking, turn off heat and let pressure drop of its own accord. For Instant Pot, set at High Pressure for 45 minutes. After cooking, let pressure drop naturally before opening and serving.
• If using Crock Pot, Cook roast and all ingredients on High for 3-4 hours or Low for 8-9 hours.
• Serve roast with roasted potatoes and carrots, along with sauce from the meat.

SWEDISH POT ROAST

Steps:

• Rub the spices on all sides of the meat and brown. You may add oil, if necessary.
• Add onions, brown sugar, bay leaves, vinegar. Add water to cover the meat. Place veggies on top.
• Cook overnight on low in the crockpot.

SLOTTSSTEK (SWEDISH ROYAL POT ROAST)

Steps:

• Rub meat with salt, allspice and pepper.
• Saute in butter until brown on all sides.
• Pour in brandy and ignite.
• Add beef broth, onions, bay leaves, vinegar and molasses.
• Stir well, cover, and simmer for 2 hours.
• Slice beef, sprinkle with parsley, and serve.

DAD'S SWEDISH POT ROAST

Steps:

• 1. Rub the spices on all sides of the meat and brown. You can brown in veg. oil or butter and oil. Transfer roast to large crock-pot.
• 2. Add onions, brown sugar, bay leaves, vinegar, and can of soup to pan the roast was browned in. Mix around and get all the goodies bits off bottom of pan and pour all over the roast in crock-pot.
• 3. Put carrots and potatoes on top of roast...then cover with lid.
• 4. Cook overnight on low in the crock-pot.

SWEDISH POT ROAST

Steps:

• Rub beef roast with salt and pepper.
• In a large, heavy saucepan, heat olive oil; brown roast on all sides.
• Add bouillon, onion, anchovies, bay leaf, peppercorns, allspice, vinegar, and molasses.
• Cover and cook over low heat for 2 hours or until meat is tender.
• Remove meat; strain pot liquid, discarding solids and returning the liquid to the saucepan.
• Stir flour and cream into the liquid; cook, stirring constantly, until thickened.
• Serve gravy with sliced pot roast.

SWEDISH POT ROAST

Steps:

• Combine nutmeg, cinnamon, ginger, salt, and pepper; rub into meat.
• Heat pressure cooker, add olive oil and brown meat well on all sides.
• Add onion, garlic, brown sugar dissolved in wine, water, and bay leaves.
• Close.
• cover securely.
• Place pressure regulator on vent pipe and cook 35 minutes with pressure regulator rocking slowly.
• Let pressure drop of its own accord.
• Or cook at 300 degrees for about 4 hours in a Dutch oven, or cook 8 hrs on low in a crock pot.
• (This is my preferred method.).

POT ROAST, SCANDINAVIAN STYLE

Steps:

• Mix first 4 dry ingredients.
• Rub flour mixture over roast.
• Brown roast in oil.
• Discard any remaining oil.
• Add water and cinnamon stick to pot.
• Place fruit on roast.
• Cover tightly; cook at 325 for about 3 hours.
• During the last 20 minutes add orange juice.
• Roast is done when tender.