Name: Spiced roast beef
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 1 h 50 min
Total time: 2 h
Yield: Serves 6 with leftovers
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 1 tbsp juniper berries; 1 tbsp coriander seeds; 1 tbsp black peppercorns; 1 tbsp allspice berries; 2 tbsp olive oil; 2kg-3kg (4lb 8oz-6lb 8oz) topside joint of beef - depending on the amount of leftovers you want

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Spiced roast beef

Spiced roast beef

Matt Tebbutt

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Serves 6 with leftovers

Easy

Prep: 10 mins

Cook: 1 hr - 1 hr and 50 mins

Plus marinating overnight (cooking time varies)

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Matt Tebbutt's roast beef combines spices and meltingly tender meat. It'll be just as good cold, too

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Ingredients

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1 tbsp juniper berries
1 tbsp coriander seeds
1 tbsp black peppercorns
1 tbsp allspice

berries
2 tbsp olive oil
2kg-3kg (4lb 8oz-6lb 8oz) topside joint of beef

- depending on the amount of leftovers you want

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Nutrition: per serving (8)

kcal396
fat21g
saturates9g
carbs1g
sugars0g
fibre0g
protein51g
salt0.68g

low

Method

step 1

Combine all the spices and ½ tbsp salt together in a pestle and mortar. Give everything a good grind, keeping a little of its coarseness. Rub the oil and then the ground spices all over the beef and massage in well. Cover and chill overnight to marinate.
step 2

Next day, heat oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 5. Weigh your joint and roast for 10 mins per 450g for rare meat and 15 mins per 450g for medium, plus an extra 20 mins. Cover and rest for 20 mins while you finish the salads, then slice and serve. Alternatively, roast the beef in the morning and serve at room temperature for dinner.

RECIPE TIPS

MATT SAYS...

'This joint is just as good cold over the next few days as it is hot on Christmas Eve. Take the beef out of the fridge a bit before you want to enjoy the leftovers so it can come up to room temperature and the spicing can come back to life.'

Recipe from Good Food magazine, December 2009

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