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Easy roast beef

James Martin

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This easy roast beef recipe with carrots and a simple gravy is ideal for a stunning Sunday dinner for the family. It takes just 15 minutes to prepare.

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How long to cook roast beef

Roast beef cooking time: 50 minutes to 1 hour 20, depending on how well done you like it.

Roast beef temperature: Heat the oven to 240C/220C fan/gas 9 for the first 20 minutes of cooking, then lower it to 190C/170C fan/gas 5 for the remainder.

Ingredients

Nutrition

1 tsp plain flour
1 tsp mustard powder
950g beef top rump joint (see tip below)
1 onion cut into 8 wedges
500g carrots halved lengthways

For the gravy

1 tbsp plain flour
250ml beef stock

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Nutrition: per serving

kcal546
fat32g
saturates14g
carbs15g
sugars11glow
fibre4g
protein52ghigh
salt0.65glow

Method

step 1
Heat oven to 240C/220C fan/gas 9.
step 2
Mix 1 tsp plain flour and 1 tsp mustard powder with some seasoning, then rub all over the 950g beef top rump joint.
step 3
Put 1 onion, cut into 8 wedges, and 500g carrots, halved lengthways, into a roasting tin and sit the beef on top, then cook for 20 mins.
step 4
Reduce oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 5 and continue to cook the beef for 30 mins if you like it rare, 40 mins for medium and 1 hr for well done.
step 5
Remove the beef and carrots from the oven, place onto warm plates or platters and cover with foil to keep warm.
step 6
Let the beef rest for 30 mins while you turn up the oven to cook your Yorkshire puds and finish the potatoes.
step 7
For the gravy, put the tin with all the meat juices and onions back onto the hob.
step 8
Stir in 1 tbsp plain flour, scraping all the stuck bits off the bottom of the tin. Cook for 30 seconds, then slowly stir in 250ml beef stock, little by little.
step 9
Bubble to a nice gravy, season, then serve with the beef, carved into slices, carrots and all the other trimmings.

RECIPE TIPS

A NEW CUT OF BEEF

You might not have tried top rump before, but it’s a very economical joint of beef, so makes a good-value Sunday lunch. Look for British meat, well aged. It’s best eaten pink as this will keep it tender.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, September 2011

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James Martin's Yorkshire puds

Horseradish potato dauphinoise

Peas with shallots & lettuce

How long to cook roast beef

Ingredients

Nutrition

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