Ingredients

Ingredients

1 2-pound beef chuck pot roast

1 tablespoon cooking oil

Dash of salt and pepper

1 7- to 8-ounce package mixed dried fruit

1 large onion, cut into thin wedges

¼ teaspoon ground allspice

1 5-1/2-ounce can apple juice

Preparation

Directions

  1. Trim fat from meat. In a Dutch oven, brown meat on all sides in hot oil. Sprinkle meat with salt and pepper. Cut up any large pieces of dried fruit.

  2. In a 3-1/2- or 4-quart electric crockery cooker, place fruit and onion. Add browned meat. Sprinkle with allspice, add apple juice. Cover and cook on low-heat setting for 8 to 10 hours or until meat is tender. (Or, cover and cook on high-heat setting for 4 to 5 hours or until meat is tender.) Makes 6 servings.

Dietary Exchanges: 1-1/2 fruit, 4 medium fat meat, 1 fat.

Test Kitchen Tip: Don’t confuse the fruits in this recipe with dried fruit bits. Look for the packaged mixture of regular-size dried fruits.

Nutrition facts per serving: calories: 452; total fat: 26g; saturated fat: 9g; cholesterol: 98mg; sodium: 194mg; carbohydrate: 27g; fiber: 2g; protein: 29g