Roast Beef
 
 
How to roast a beef joint. For 6-8 people use a piece of meat about 5-6 pounds. For just two people I've used made an 1.8 pound joint and that made two and half big servings for each of us.
Ingredients
  • 2 yellow onions
  • 2 carrots
  • 2 stalks of celery
  • fresh rosemary
  • fresh time
  • 6 cloves garlic
  • Beef joint
  • olive oil
  • salt
  • pepper
  • 1 tablespoon flour
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 475°/250°.
  2. Cut the onions in half and remove the skin. Place in the bottom of a roasting pan.
  3. Cut the carrots (no need to peel) and celery into large pieces (it's not so serious the size). Throw them into the pan too.
  4. Add the garlic cloves (no need to peel) and 3-5 sprigs of rosemary and thyme. Throw those in the pan with the rest. These herbs and vegetables are going to help season your meat and create great flavor in the juices, which you can use to make gravy.
  5. If your beef came tied in string, leave the string on. It will help it keep shape while cooking.
  6. Rub the beef all over with a thin layer of olive oil. This helps keeps things moist!
  7. Season the beef generously with salt and pepper (if you have other seasonings you like on beef you could sprinkle a bit of that on too)
  8. To add a bit of an exterior crust, rub the flour evenly all over the exterior of the beef. You might not need the whole tablespoon.
  9. Put the beef on top of the vegetables in your roasting pan.
  10. Lower the heat in the oven to 400°F/200°F.
  11. Put the beef in the oven. Cook for 20 minutes plus 15 minutes per pound, for rare beef. Add 15 minutes more for medium and add 30 minutes more for well done. So a 2 pound beef cooks for 50 minutes for rare, 65 min for medium, and 80 minutes for well done.
  12. When the meat is cooked to your liking, remove the pan from the oven. Cover it with aluminum foil or a kitchen towel and let it rest for 10-15 minutes. Resting is important! Cut it too early and all the juices fall out.
  13. Once the meat has rested, slice and serve. Best with lots of gravy, potatoes, and vegetables!
Recipe by Cooking is Messy at https://www.cookingismessy.com/2016/01/03/roast-beef/