Roast beef with red wine gravy

Roast beef with red wine gravy

Try this crowd-pleaser for the festive season or any other special meal

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 6

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 1 hr

Cook time

Cook 1 hr

Method

  1. Heat the oven to 220C/fan 200C/gas 7. Season the beef thoroughly. Heat a heavy roasting tin on the hob and add a little oil. Sear the beef all over until you have a good colour. Add the shallots and thyme to the roasting tin then roast for 30 minutes. turn down the oven to 160C/fan 140C/gas 3. Keep cooking the beef for 15 minutes per 450g for medium-rare. Take out of the tin and rest for at least 40 minutes under foil.
  2. Put the roasting tin on the hob, sprinkle in the flour and stir everything well. Add the wine, beef stock and redcurrant jelly and simmer till reduced by half. Strain into a jug to serve.
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Make ahead

Peel the shallots the day before and keep in a sealed bag in the fridge. Give the beef a good hour to come up to room temperature before cooking.

per serving

547 kcalories, protein 71g, carbohydrate 3g, fat 25.8 g, saturated fat 10.7g, fibre 0.2g, salt 0.44 g

Recipe from olive magazine, December 2009.

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  • 2009-12-20 20:07:01.693945

    Chips rated and commented on this recipe

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    Amazing - be careful though that you don't let the gravy reduce too much as was very powerful!!! The shallots are fab! The meat an amazing centre piece!

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  • 2010-03-24 10:06:28.882995

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  • 2010-07-03 19:45:53.170897

    Chef Cam rated and commented on this recipe

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    I made this for Sunday dinner for 4 friends - we had 3 beef ribs' worth of meat and there is plenty left over for a nice Cottage pie tomorrow! I served it with roast potatoes, mashed potatoes, honey roast parsnips, YOrkshire puddings, peas, carrots and gravy! It is really important to rest the meat as the juices will flow out and flow back in again over about half an hour. This is great but obviously an occasional treat as all the trimmings add up to loads of (tasty) calories! Horseradish sauce is a must!

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  • 2011-01-12 08:00:00.756598

    ahmz rated and commented on this recipe

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    I love all those choices! I will definitely be trying some of these � thank you for sharing!

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  • 2011-04-26 15:26:59.902115

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  • 2011-05-04 20:34:48.086441

    Nicolafoodie rated and commented on this recipe

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    I cooked this for the amount of time the recipe said and it was very over done. Think it may be because the piece i had was wide but narrow in depth.

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  • 2011-09-04 17:21:43.873409

    Nick commented on this recipe

    Before you make the gravy... do you take the shallots out of the roasting try?

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  • 2012-12-06 16:58:36.088296

    Hoopington Pallaby commented on this recipe

    Wow, that looks like a Beautiful piece of meat!

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  • 2012-12-23 19:32:09.345166

    MissTAS999 commented on this recipe

    Just in the middle of making this just now for tommorrow nights dinner. The smells coming from my kitchen are absolutely sensational. Very easy, and going to make a fantastic dinner for some very lucky people. Merry Christimas xxx

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 6

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 1 hr

Cook time

Cook 1 hr

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547 kcalories, protein 71g, carbohydrate 3g, fat 25.8 g, saturated fat 10.7g, fibre 0.2g, salt 0.44 g

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