Your VersaWare™ stoneware is also a great tool to use when preparing traditional roasts in the oven. Your favorite roasting recipes may taste even better when prepared in the VersaWare™ stoneware because of its unique qualities that distribute heat evenly, allowing for crisper outsides and moister insides without burning or overcooking. Here are some to try!
Herbed Turkey Breast with Caramelized Vegetables
1
1garlic clove, peeled
1sprig thyme
1sprig rosemary
1lemon
Chili powder Salt and pepper
4 carrots, peeled and chopped
4 stalks celery, chopped
1 onion, peeled and chopped Kosher salt and pepper
2 cups chicken broth
1.Preheat oven to 425ºF. Place turkey breast in center of VersaWare™ stoneware. Tuck garlic clove, thyme and rosemary under breast cavity. Squeeze juice of lemon on top of breast. Sprinkle chili powder and salt and pepper on top of breast. Scatter carrots, celery and onion around breast and season vegetables and turkey with salt and pepper. Place in oven and roast for 20 minutes.
2.Turn heat down to 350ºF and pour in chicken broth.
3.Cook until turkey reaches an internal temperature of 180ºF. Serve with herb roasted potatoes.
Serves 6
Note: when using an electric stovetop, the heat diffuser
50MUST ALWAYS be used with the VersaWare™ stoneware.
Beef Tenderloin with Merlot Jus
1/2 beef tenderloin roast,
Olive oil
2 cups Merlot wine
1.Preheat oven to 375ºF. With a thin sharp knife, pierce meat all around and stud with garlic. Season with salt and pepper generously.
2.Coat bottom of VersaWare™ stoneware with olive oil and place on stovetop set to medium heat. Sear meat on all sides, reducing heat if necessary.
3.Place stoneware in the oven and cook until meat reaches desired doneness or until meat thermometer registers 140ºF for rare, approximately
4.Pour 2 cups Merlot into stoneware and bring to a boil on stovetop set to medium heat. Reduce by half.
5.Serve sliced beef with Merlot jus, green salad and garlic mashed potatoes.
Serves
Holiday Ham with Cloves and Vodka
1 fully cooked ham,
1/2 cup vodka
1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
1.Preheat oven to 350ºF.
2.Press whole cloves into ham and place ham into in VersaWare™ stoneware. Combine vodka and brown sugar; set aside.
3.Cover and cook in oven for 1 hour (or in slow cooker heating base on Low for
4.Pour glaze over ham and cook for an additional half hour, basting often, or until internal temperature is over 160ºF.
Serves
Note: when using an electric stovetop, the heat diffuser | 51 |
MUST ALWAYS be used with the VersaWare™ stoneware. |