Name: Pot Roast of Beef in the Style of Mademoiselle Vivette’s Family (Boeuf à la Mode de la Famille Artaud)
Prep time: 6 h 30 min
Total time: 6 h 30 min
Yield: For 6 to 8 people
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: Yellow onions (2 medium); Carrots (3 medium); Crystal salt, freshly ground black pepper, whole bay leaves, thyme; Beef for pot roast: chuck, or heel of round, or shoulder, arm or blade (about 3 to 5 lbs.); Butter (about 6 Tb); Potatoes, small boiling (1 to 1½ lbs. according to size of beef cut); Calf’s foot or veal knuckle, split by butcher (1); Salt pork, long lardoons to lard the beef (about 1 dozen); Parsley (small bunch); Armagnac brandy (½ cup); Dry white wine (½ cup); Beef bouillon (about 4 cups)