Roast Beef
The heart of the British Sunday lunch — a joint of beef seared hot, roasted pink under mustard and thyme and rested before carving, with a red wine gravy from the tin and sharp horseradish alongside.
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 1.5 kg beef topside or sirloin joint
- 1 tbsp sunflower oil
- 2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp black pepper, ground
- 1 tbsp English mustard
- 1 tbsp thyme leaves
- 2 medium onions, thickly sliced
- 2 medium carrots, halved lengthways
- 4 cloves garlic, unpeeled
- 1 tbsp plain flour
- 150 ml red wine
- 400 ml beef stock
- 4 tbsp creamed horseradish, to serve
Nutrition (estimated)
high confidenceRecipe total: 4487 kcal · P 403.5g · C 63g · F 263.5g
Estimated from 13 of 13 ingredients
Approximate estimate, calculated from the ingredients.
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Steps
Steps
- 1Take the beef out of the fridge 1 hour before roasting and heat the oven to 230°C.
- 2Pat the beef dry, rub it with the oil, salt and pepper, then spread the mustard over the fat and top and sprinkle with the thyme.
- 3Lay the onions, carrots and garlic in a roasting tin as a rack and set the beef on top.
- 4Roast for 20 minutes to brown, then lower the oven to 180°C and roast for 30–40 minutes more for medium-rare, until a thermometer in the centre reads 52°C; it climbs about 4°C as it rests.
- 5Lift the beef onto a board, cover loosely with foil and rest for 30 minutes. Resting lets the juices settle, so they stay in the meat when you carve.
- 6For the gravy, spoon the fat from the tin, leaving 1 tbsp, set the tin over medium heat and stir the flour into the vegetables for 1 minute. Pour in the wine and bubble for 2 minutes, scraping the tin, then add the stock and any resting juices and simmer for 5–8 minutes. Strain and season.
- 7Carve the beef thinly across the grain and serve with the gravy and horseradish.
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Questions and answers
How long does Roast Beef take to make?
About 85 minutes: 15 min prep and 70 min cooking.
What ingredients do you need for Roast Beef?
13 ingredients: beef topside or sirloin joint, sunflower oil, salt, black pepper, English mustard, thyme leaves, onions, carrots, garlic, plain flour, red wine, beef stock and 1 more.
How many servings does this Roast Beef recipe make?
6 servings. The servings buttons above the ingredients rescale every amount.
How many calories are in a serving of Roast Beef?
About 748 kcal, with 67.2 g protein, 10.5 g carbohydrate and 43.9 g fat. This is an estimate from the ingredients, not a lab analysis.
What cuisine is Roast Beef?
Roast Beef comes from British cuisine.
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