Sartain’s Menu
P.O. Box 4728
Petaluma, CA 94955
Telephone: 707-763-6335
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Rebecca’s Pot Roast
- 3 - 4 Lb 7 bone Pot Roast
- 7oz MARINADE
- 7 oz Red Wine
- Onion Powder
- Garlic Powder
- 1 Medium Onion - coarsely chopped
- a few Garlic Cloves - crushed
- veggies of choice - carrots, rutabagas, turnips, etc
- Salt + Pepper
- Oil for browning
Mix the salt, pepper, garlic and onion powders together and sprinkle on both sides of meat. Preheat oven to 300 d. Heat oil in heavy pan (I like cast iron for this) till almost smoking, brown meat well on both sides. Remove meat to plate and brown the onion and veggies. De-glaze the pan with the wine then add the MARINADE. Return meat to pan surrounded by the veggies. Cook “low and slow” until done, basting every 30 mins as needed.
*NOTE: If the liquid doesn’t almost cover the meat add some beef stock.
About Us
How the Sauce Was Made
Take one phone-guy by day / backyard barbecue genius by night (who HATES vinegar, likes hot flavorful foods and loves creating new menus for his guests), add copious amounts of tequila, garlic and honey (three of our main food groups) ...
After smoking over a slow fire, mince Chipotle pepper with more garlic and onions. Mingle with a little seasoning, a little “spice” (hey! We gotta keep a few secrets). Gently blend in one bookkeeping whiz, who really likes to eat, especially if someone else (see above) is cooking. And what do you get? An unexpectedly positive response from friends and family, classmates and strangers off the street. Fame and fortune, (okay, of a limited variety, but just you watch.) And one killer Sauce.
And how did we name it? We worked on The Sauce for so long, we couldn’t think what else to call it. Think of it this way, there are four mother sauces, Béchamel, Veloute’, tomato and brown or as us ‘Mericans say, white cream, white stock, tamata, and gravy. The way we see it, The Sauce is the fifth mother sauce. You can use The Sauce to enhance, build on, blend with, mix in, or spread on just about anything you can imagine.
So now we both work our day jobs and ‘do Sauce’ on nights, weekends and lunchtimes. Occasionally we can press Jim’s daughter, Jes, into service, too. (We have tried to convince her that someday all this could be hers - she seems unimpressed so far - kids, go figure.)
We hope you’ll give it a try. While we don’t expect everyone to find they can’t eat without it, we are sure you’ll always need some in your pantry. Awaken that sleeping gourmet - it’s an easy way to add some personality to your meals.