Swedish Pot Roast - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (3 to 4 lb.) beef chuck pot roast
1 tsp. salt
4 whole cloves
2 medium onions, quartered
1 c. chopped carrots
1/2 c. chopped celery
1/3 c. water
1 Tbsp. corn syrup
3 anchovy fillets
1/4 c. cold water
2 Tbsp. all-purpose flour
salt
pepper

Preparation

Trim excess fat from meat.
Sprinkle 1 teaspoon salt in large skillet or Dutch oven.
Brown meat slowly on both sides in skillet.
Stick cloves into onions.
Add onions to meat along with the carrots, celery, the 1/3 cup water, corn syrup and anchovies. Cover and simmer about 2 1/2 hours or until meat is tender. Transfer meat to serving platter and keep meat warm while preparing gravy.