Cuban Roast Beef Recipe

4 oz Ham, smoked, chopped fine

4 oz Bacon, chopped fine

8 oz Onion, minced

1 oz Capers, minced

1 Garlic Clove, minced

2 oz Green Olives, coarse chop

1 tb Green Chiles, minced

3 lb Eye Round Roast

Salt & Pepper, to taste 2 oz Bacon fat

8 oz Stock

4 oz Tomato sauce

1 tb Vinegar

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.