Cuban Roast Beef



Ingredients:
4 ounce ham, smoked, chopped fine
4 ounce bacon, chopped fine
8 ounce onion, minced
1 ounce capers, minced
1 garlic clove, minced
2 ounce green olives, coarse chop
1 tablespoon green chilies, minced
3 pound eye round roast
salt & pepper, to taste
2 ounce bacon fat
8 ounce stock
4 ounce tomato sauce
1 tablespoon vinegar

Method:

Preheat oven to 350F. Mix the first 7 ingredients to make a stuffing. Make an incision 1 1/2 to 2 deep along the length of the roast Stuff the stuffing into the incision. Salt and pepper the roast.

Brown the roast on all sides in bacon fat in a large heavy casserole Add all the rest of the ingredients and cook in the oven for 2 1/2 hours or until the meat is very tender. Check once or twice to make sure that the liquid is not boiling away. Add water or unsalted stock as necessary.