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: Beef for pot roast: chuck, or heel of round, or shoulder, arm or blade (about 3 to 5 lbs.); Crystal salt, freshly ground black pepper, whole bay leaves, thyme; Salt pork, long lardoons to lard the beef (about 1 dozen); Potatoes, small boiling (1 to 1½ lbs. according to size of beef cut); Dry white wine (½ cup); Calf’s foot or veal knuckle, split by butcher (1); Carrots (3 medium); Butter (about 6 Tb); Yellow onions (2 medium); Parsley (small bunch); Armagnac brandy (½ cup); Beef bouillon (about 4 cups)