Beef Cooked with Carrots, Onions, and Dried Plums

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• 20 thyme sprigs
• 2 teaspoons extravirgin olive oil or grapeseed oil
• 2 cups pitted dried plums
• 4 cups warm water
• 3 bay leaves
• 1 pound baby carrots
• + 6 more ingredients
• • 3 cups thinly sliced onion
  • 1 (2 1/2-pound) boneless chuck roast, trimmed
  • 1 sage sprig
  • Sage leaves (optional)
  • 2 rosemary sprigs
  • 2 teaspoons sea salt

Preheat oven to 350°.

Tie the roast at 2-inch intervals with twine; rub with salt and pepper. Heat oil in Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add roast; cook 12 minutes, browning on all sides. Remove roast from pan. Add onion and water to pan, scraping pan to loosen browned bits. Return me...

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