The rich brown gravy this makes is wonderful, with just a slight hint of sweetness. Everyone asks for the recipe, and NO ONE ever guesses the secret ingredient...cola!
Ingredients
- beef sirloin roast: 4 pound
- carrots: 3 piece (chopped)
- stalks celery: 3 piece (chopped)
- clove garlic: 1 piece (minced)
- packet dry brown gravy mix: 0.5 piece (.75 ounce)
- water: 2 Tbsp
- dry onion soup mix: 1 pack (1 ounce pack)
- condensed cream of mushroom soup: 1 can (10.75 ounce can)
- fluid ounces cola-flavored carbonated beverage: 10 piece
Metric Conversion
Stages of cooking
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
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Place meat in a roasting pan. Sprinkle carrots, celery and minced garlic around roast.
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In a small bowl, combine the brown gravy mix and water, mixing into a smooth paste. Add onion soup mix, cream of mushroom soup and cola-flavored carbonated beverage. Pour over the roast.
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Cover pan, and cook 1 hour in the preheated oven.
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Reduce oven temperature to 225 degrees F (110 degrees C), and continue cooking 2 hours. Remove from oven, and turn roast over so that the top is now covered with the gravy. Cover pan, and return to oven for a minimum of 2 hours.
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Remove from oven, and let meat rest for 10 minutes before slicing.
