Poor Man's Prime Rib

 

I don’t know about the rest of you, but I have a lot of recipes, and I have them everywhere. I have books full of bookmarks and Post-it notes, recipe boxes bursting at the seams, files overloaded with printed out recipes, as well as seven different labeled folders in my email. The other day I thought it might be a good idea to clean out one of my email folders, and came across this recipe that I had saved more than a decade ago. As luck would have it, the place where I shop had eye of round roast on sale this week, so I decided to give it a try. 

 

I have to confess, I wasn’t expecting much. In fact, it took a great deal of strength to shove a $20 roast into a 500° oven with nothing other than a thin coating of dry seasoning. Much to my surprise, it turned out to be delicious. It reminded me quite a bit of the roast dinners that we used to get Sundays in our local pub when we were living in Oxford. For the sake of nostalgia, I served mine with roasted potatoes and two veg. It was an easy meal to put together, a wonderful bit of nostalgia, and tasty to boot. I will be making French Dip Beef Sandwiches later in the week. Yum! Poor Man's Prime Rib

 3 lb. beef eye of round roast

1 t. garlic powder

1 t. onion powder

Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste

 Preheat the oven to 500°F. Combine garlic powder, onion powder, salt and pepper in a small bowl. Rub thoroughly into the meat and place roast into a roasting pan or baking dish.

 Do not cover or add water.

 Place the roast in the preheated oven. Reduce the temperature to 475°F. Roast for 21 minutes (seven minutes per pound), turn off the oven, and let the roast sit in the hot oven for 2½ hours. Do not open the door at all during this time!

 Remove the roast from the oven (the internal temperature should have reached at least 145°F). Carve into thin slices to serve.

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Classic Oven Roasted Beef

 

One of my favorite recipes for roast beef is my own Slow Cooker Roast Beef with Red-eye Gravy. It’s always flavorful and delicious, not to mention fork tender. It’s not exaggeration to say that it cuts like butter. Yesterday, however, I had such a craving for slices of rare roast beef, similar to what you would get at a Carvery. I wanted something similar to the "Sunday Roasts" that we used to get on Sunday afternoons at the local pub when we were living in England. You could get a plate of food that would carry you into the middle of the following week, so laden it was with beef, Yorkshire pudding, two veg, and 2 to 3 kinds of potatoes. The British may not have their own cuisine, but thumbs up to that Sunday roast.

Here’s a recipe that I found that suited me quite well. It was wonderful to be able to use fresh herbs from my garden in coating the outside, and it did give the beef a wonderful flavor. French dip sandwiches are in my future!

Classic Oven Roasted Beef

From healthy-delicious.com

3 cloves garlic minced

1 T. finely chopped Melissa’s fresh rosemary

1 T. finely chopped fresh thyme

2 t. kosher salt

2 t. freshly ground black pepper

¼ c. olive oil

3 pound rump roast

 Remove the rump roast from the refrigerator 1-2 hours before cooking to allow it to come to room temperature.

 Preheat your oven to 375°F.

 In a small bowl (or mini food processor, as I did), combine the garlic, rosemary, thyme, salt, and pepper. Stir in the olive oil until well combined. Let sit for 5-10 minutes so the herbs soften and the oil takes on their flavor.

 Rub the herb mixture all over roast; make sure it’s completely covered.

 Place roast in a small roasting pan and cook for 30 minutes to brown the outside.

 Reduce the oven temperature to 225°F and continue cooking for 1½ to 2 hours or until an internal temperature reads 135° - 150°F, depending on your desired level of doneness.

Remove the roast from the oven and cover with aluminum foil. Let the roast rest for 15-30 minutes before serving.

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