Recipe: Roast Beef and Roast Potatoes
Ingredients
- 1 and half lb (675g) of medium sized potatoes
- 4 lb (1.8kg) forerib of beef
- 2 tablespoons of olive oil
- half level teaspoon salt
- quarter level teaspoon of freshly ground pepper
- half level teaspoon of mustard powder
Instructions
Preheat oven to (220 C), (425 F), Gas Mark 7
Cooking Time
Rare: 50 minutes
Medium rare : 70 minutes
Well done : 90 minutes
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Put beef into a large roasting tin
- Brush with oil
- Mix mustard, salt and pepper with a little water to make a paste
- Rub meat with paste
- Roast in the center for 20 mins reduce heat to (190°C), (375°F), Gas Mark 5
- Wash, peel and halve potatoes, put into a pan
- Cover with lightly salted water and boil for 10 minutes
- Remove and place in oven around meat, cover with fat (Another roasting tin can be used if needed, cover bottom and potatoes with fat)
- Roast potatoes for 60/70 minutes until crisp and golden
- Coast with fat from meat every 20 minutes
Serve: with Yorkshire Pudding and Horseradish Sauce.
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