Easy Pot Roast

Serves 4 Persons.


Ingredients:

• 17-ounce beef pot roast
• 2 tablespoons minced shallots (1 medium)
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 tablespoon tarragon vinegar
• 2 cups fresh, pitted fruit cut into wedges, such as peaches, green plums, and red plums
• Hot cooked spaetzle (optional)
• 1 teaspoon snipped fresh tarragon

Procedure:

1. Remove meat from package, reserving juices.  In a large skillet cook shallots in hot butter over medium heat for 1 minute.  Add pot roast; reduce heat.  Simmer, covered, about 10 minutes or until pot roast is heated through.
2. In a small bowl stir together reserved meat juices and tarragon vinegar.  Pour over meat.  Sprinkle fruit over top.  Cook, covered, for 2 minutes more.  If desired, serve with cooked spaetzle.  Sprinkle with fresh tarragon.

-Lifted from Better Homes & Gardens Quick & Easy Comfort Cooking 2002