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Recipe for "Roast Beef"

Tips

for the gravy, juice & burnt bits leftover in the roasting dish is the best.
set the beef aside, drain the vegetable keep the juice.
put the juice back in the dish, add water / beef stock, a knob of butter. let it boil.
put in 1 tbsp of flour, let it thicken.
and enjoy with the roast

Ingredients

Beef (Sirloin/topside) 1 kg
Olive Oil 2 tbsp
Salt & Pepper To taste
Garlic 8 cloves
Roast Potatoes & Vegetables
Carrot 2
Celery 2
Russet Potato (Quartered) 3
Rosemary 2 stalks
Thyme 2 stalks
Olive Oil 2 tbsp
Salt & Pepper To taste

Instructions

1

Preheat the oven at 200c

2

Prepare the beef. Rub olive oil, salt, pepper thoroughly on the beef.

3

Make holes all over the beef (around 6-8 holes) and insert in the garlic clove. 1 garlic per hole.

4

For the roast vegetables & potatoes - slice the vegetables as your like - if possible in the big chunks.

5

Mix the vegetables with olive oil, salt, pepper & herbs. spread it in the roasting dish. add a splash of water

6

Top the vegetables with the beef. Top the beef with a stalk of fresh thyme & rosemary

7

Roast around 40 - 45 mins

8

When cooked, let the beef to rest for about 5 mins and serve.