Roast Beef Recipe

A family favourite, roast beef with Yorkshire pudding, roast potatoes & your choice of vegetable is a popular roast.

There are several cuts of beef you can choose from, such as sirloin joint or rib roast (also known as standing rib roast), rump, silverside, topside. When buying look for one with some marbling throughout & a thin layer of fat on the top. The fat will provide basting juices & also prevent the beef from drying out during cooking.

Ingredients:

• 2kg beef roast (sirloin joint or rib eye).

• 1 tablespoon wholegrain mustard.

• 3 cloves of garlic.

• 1 onion chopped into quarters.

• 3 tablespoons olive oil.

• Salt & pepper to taste.

Method:

• Preheat oven to 200°C.

• Season the beef all over with salt & pepper.

• Heat some oil in a frying pan & brown the beef.

• Once browned, cut a small onion in half & place beef on top of onions in baking dish.

• Brush mustard onto the top (fatty side) of the beef & season with salt & pepper.

• Baste occasionally with pan juices to help keep moist.

• Allow 30 minutes per kg for rare beef, 45 minutes per kg for medium & 60 minutes per kg for well done. See below for chart.

• Once cooked remove from oven & cover in foil & allow to stand for 20-30 minutes before slicing. This allows the meat to relax, making it easier to carve & enhancing the flavour.

• Serve with gravy, roast potatoes, Yorkshire pudding & vegetables.