Roast Beef with Pan Gravy
 
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Recipe type: Main Course
Serves: serves 8
Ingredients
  • 3½ lbs. top sirloin roast beef, tied, with most fat trimmed
  • --- --- sea salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
  • ¼ cup olive oil
  • 4 TBSP. fresh thyme, finely chopped
  • 4 large garlic cloves, finely chopped
  • 1 large shallot, finely chopped
  • 2 TBSP. flour
  • ½ cup red wine
  • 1 cup beef stock
  • 2 TBSP. fresh parsley, minced
Instructions
  1. The day before you plan to cook the beef, season it generously with salt and pepper. In a bowl, mix together oil, thyme and garlic. Rub beef with the mixture. Place beef in a small glass or non-reactive pan, cover it with plastic wrap, and refrigerate overnight.
  2. Remove beef from refrigerator 2 hours before you are ready to roast; place it in a small roasting pan and allow it to come to room temperature.
  3. Preheat oven to 450° F. Remove plastic wrap and roast the beef until browned, about 20 minutes, turning it once. Reduce oven temperature to 250° F (yes, 250° F). Roast until a thermometer inserted into center of beef reads 130° F, about 30 minutes. Remove from oven, transfer to a cutting board, and let rest, tented with foil while you make the gravy. This is an important step, do not skip it.
  4. Set roasting pan along with its drippings over medium heat. Add the shallots and cook for 5–6 minutes. Add the wine and cook, scraping up browned bits, until reduced by half, 4–6 minutes. Whisk in the flour and then add the beef stock. Cook, whisking, until the gravy is thickened, about 5 minutes.
  5. Check the meat temperature of the beef. After the resting time, it should be 135° F. Slice the beef thinly and serve with the gravy and garnish with some minced parsley.
Notes
This cut of meat is not one you find readily where you buy meat. You have to ask for it. Butchers are usually happy to cut it for you, trim most –but not all—of the fat and if you think you can’t tie it yourself, ask for your roast to be tied too.
Recipe by Marilena's Kitchen at https://marilenaskitchen.com/roast-beef-with-creamy-scalloped-potatoes/