How to Prepare Tasty Authentic Roast Beef

Authentic Roast Beef.

You can have Authentic Roast Beef using 10 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Authentic Roast Beef

1. You need 600 of to 800 grams Beef (a lean cut - roast, sirloin etc.).
2. You need 2 clove of 〇 Garlic.
3. You need 1 of 〇 Black pepper (coarsely ground).
4. Prepare 1 of 〇 Salt.
5. Prepare of For the gravy:.
6. It's 1 of Onion, carrot, celery and other aromatic vegetables.
7. Prepare 50 ml of Red wine.
8. You need 300 ml of Water (or fond de veau).
9. It's 1 of Soup stock granules (or bouillon cube).
10. It's 1 dash of Salt and pepper.

Authentic Roast Beef step by step

1. Take the meat out of the refrigerator 2 to 3 hours before you plant to cook it to make it come to room temperature..
2. Rub the garlic and pepper into the beef well. Rub salt into the meat just before you cook it..
3. Heat some oil in a frying pan and brown the surface of the meat evenly. Do this quickly over high temperature to seal in the juices..
4. Line a baking sheet with aluminium foil, put on some thinly sliced aromatic vegetables, and put the meat on top..
5. Roast for 20 to 30 minutes in a 180°C oven. Turn over once..
6. When the meat is done, take it out of the oven and wrap it tightly in aluminium foil. Let rest for 30 minutes to an hour..
7. To make the gravy: Put the aromatic vegetables used to roast the beef in the frying pan you brown the meat in, juices and all, scraping the foil..
8. Add red wine and water, and simmer for about an hour. Strain through a strainer, add the soup stock, and season with salt and pepper.
9. Pour the gravy over the roast beef to serve..
10. It goes well with watercress salad and potatoes..