Roast rib of beef

Roast rib of beef

A fantastic recipe for delicious roast beef with roasted vegetables - the ultimate Sunday roast dish

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 6

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 2 hours 50 mins

Method

  1. Heat the oven to 220C/fan 200C/gas 7. Season the joint heavily with freshly ground black pepper and sea salt, rubbing it into the fat and flesh.
  2. Heat the beef dripping or olive oil in a roasting tin and sear the meat quickly on all sides, including the ends, until you get a nice dark brown colour then remove the meat and set aside.
  3. Make a bed of the carrots, parsnips, onions, garlic and thyme in the bottom of the roasting tin and sit the meat on top. Roast for 20 minutes then turn the oven down to 160C/fan 140C/gas 3 and continue to cook for 20 minutes per 450g for medium or 15 minutes per 450g for rare.
  4. Take the roast meat out of the tin, wrap it in foil and rest it on a plate for a good 30 minutes.
  5. To make gravy, put the roasting tin over a medium heat, tip in a bottle of good red wine, scraping the crunchy bits off the base of the tin. Bubble until reduced by at least half. Add the stock and the juices you have caught on the plate beneath the beef, then sieve to remove the veg.
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Choosing the meat

The most important thing is to buy quality meat. Make sure the beef you buy is a good dark red colour, not bright red, and has a nice marbling of fat.

Per serving

596 kcalories, protein 32.8g, carbohydrate 42.0g, fat 24.8 g, saturated fat 10.0g, fibre 13.3g, salt 1.07 g

Recipe from olive magazine, March 2005.

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  • 12 January 2011

    ahmz commented on this recipe

    This recipe is amazing. It has been my staple 'Special' dinner for a year.. thanks

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    30 January 2011

    sam rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    absolutely delicious. will definately make again

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  • 13 February 2011

    blasterbits commented on this recipe

    Lots of chat so i only got i word to say WOW

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  • 13 February 2011

    blasterbits rated this recipe

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  • 24 February 2011

    Dave commented on this recipe

    So what do you do with the veg in the tray? Serve it or throw it???

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  • 11 March 2011

    SamWhyte rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Just great! Gravy is very rich, and meat is perfect! I don't eat meat, but I cooked it for the family and it was an incredible success! Dave: With the veg in the tray, you almost press it through when you sieve the gravy, so you're only really left with a little vegetable puree. All the good stuff from the veg has gone into the gravy.

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  • 27 March 2011

    mutti's rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    This produces the best gravy, ever!

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  • Binder photo sam

    22 July 2011

    sam commented on this recipe

    Best beef ever. I have made it several times and it never disappoints.

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  • Binder photo Jen

    18 September 2011

    Jen rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I've never cooked a rib of beef before but was thinking about having one for Christmas so had a practice run. This worked a treat - very easy to do, meat & gravy tasted fab!

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  • 10 October 2011

    Kirsty M rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Fantastic.

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  • 26 December 2011

    PaisleyPrint rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Decided to make this for lunch yesterday, a last minute decision as I wanted to try something different. It didnt disappoint - it was delicious and very easy to make.

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  • 27 December 2011

    laurie hart rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Made this for Boxing Day dinner. Absolutely perfect. In the past I have followed Delia's temps and timings, and it has been overdone....bagan to think "it must be me,.... she's an expert." I found your recipe and followed it to the letter and it was wonderful, pink and tender, Thank you.

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  • 30 December 2011

    keithchef commented on this recipe

    this is a fantastic reciepe.try it with cheesy leeks and chilli roasted potoes

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  • 30 December 2011

    keithchef rated this recipe

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  • 31 December 2011

    Steve Hughes rated and commented on this recipe

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    Really easy and great timings, it was the perfect medium and Gravy was superb.

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  • 01 January 2012

    DC Gillespie rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    This recipe produced the most delicious beef roast and wonderful gravy which I have ever tasted. Absolutely brilliant recipe. I used a very precise meat thermometer to ensure that it was done medium rare - the way I like it. Actually, the timings given in the recipe were almost perfect to the second when compared with the monitoring which I did with the thermometer. Highly recommended.

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  • 19 January 2012

    DC Gillespie commented on this recipe

    Did this recipe in an a large oven proof sauté pan on an induction hob instead of a roasting tin. This made it even easier and produced a perfect result. The secret seems to be cooking with digital probe thermometers to an exact temperature rather than to time. 62 centigrade for medium rare. I cannot recommend this recipe highly enough.

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  • 24 January 2012

    The Nourishing Road commented on this recipe

    Love the fact that this recipe calls for beef dripping. I've just written a post about the health benefits of all these lost and wonderful fats. No more vegetable oil for me, thank you very much! Check it out: http://thenourishingroad.blogspot.com/2012/01/more-fat-yes-please.html

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  • 22 August 2012

    missbrannigan commented on this recipe

    This truly is an amazing recipe and so easy to do. The smell that fills the house is wonderful. I seemed to have a lot of left over gravy (I only did a small rib) so ended up freezing the rest into ice cube trays and using 2/3 cubes to flavour other gravies later on. I'm down to my last couple fo cubes so I feel a rib roast coming on this sunday..... Enjoy!

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  • Binder photo Dai

    30 September 2012

    Dai commented on this recipe

    Overall nicer menu. However way too long for the roast veggies esp. the onions that tend to get burned. - suggest these are removed after 45 min. Other veg got crushed by weight of meat and ended up as mush! Watch vege carefully!!

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 6

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 2 hours 50 mins

Ingredients

  • 3kg beef rib , on the bone
  • beef dripping or olive oil
  • 6 chopped carrots
  • 6 chopped parsnips
  • 2 onions , cut into quarters
  • 1 garlic bulb, cut in half
  • a couple of large sprigs thyme
  • 1 bottle red wine
  • 500ml beef stock , powder, cubes or fresh
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Per serving

596 kcalories, protein 32.8g, carbohydrate 42.0g, fat 24.8 g, saturated fat 10.0g, fibre 13.3g, salt 1.07 g

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