When it comes to roast beef, the received wisdom is that it should always be cooked on the bone – whether it’s a sirloin joint or rib roast – as the bone both conducts heat and adds flavour. However, this doesn’t suit everyone and some of our most popular recipes are bone-free and much easier to carve. Buy what suits you best.

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More important than the bone is the fat – don’t be tempted to trim it off as it will baste your meat while it cooks. You can always cut it away when you serve it. If you want the fat to make a crust, then you have to sprinkle or rub it with flour and/or mustard powder to absorb the fat released on the surface.

Generally roast beef is cooked at a high temperature to caramelise the outside, then the temperature is turned down. This method can also be reversed with a lower temperature to start before a blast of heat at the end.

If you don’t have a meat thermometer then check your beef is roasted by piercing it with a skewer. The juices should run red for rare, pink for medium and clear for well-done. Also, a meat thermometer should read 40C for rare (it will rise to 54-56C, medium-rare, as it sits), 48C for medium (it will rise to 65C).

It is essential you rest your joint for at least an hour so the juices are re-absorbed. If you carve the beef too soon it will be dry rather than juicy. Some juices will be released as it sits and you can tip these into the gravy.

How To Make Roast Beef Feast For Whole Family

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Serves: 4 Prep Time: 20 minutes Cooking Time: 2 hr 20 mins 2 hr 20 mins

Nutrition facts: 1750 calories 160gr fat

Rating: 5.0/5

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Ingredients

• 4 pounds prime rib roast
• ¼ cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1 tablespoon freshly ground black pepper
• 1 teaspoon herbes de Provence
• kitchen salt

Instructions

• Step 1

  Place rib roast on a plate and bring to room temperature, about 4 hours.

• Step 2

  Preheat an oven to 500 degrees F (260 degrees C).

• Step 3

  Combine butter, pepper, and herbes de Provence in a bowl; mix until well blended. Spread butter mixture evenly over entire roast. Season roast generously with kitchen salt.

• Step 4

  Roast the 4-pound prime rib (see footnote if using a larger and smaller roast) in the preheated oven for 20 minutes. Turn the oven off and, leaving the roast in the oven with the door closed, let the roast sit in the oven for 2 hours. Remove roast from the oven, slice, and serve.

How To Make Roast Beef Feast For Whole Family

Cook’s Note:

Your cooking times will vary depending on the size of your prime rib roast. To calculate your cooking time, multiply the exact weight of the roast by 5. Round the resulting number to the nearest whole number. The rib is cooked at 260 degrees C for exactly that many minutes. For example, for a 6 pound roast: 6×5=30, so cooking time is 30 minutes. Turn the oven off and wait 2 hours before opening the oven door. Remove the prime rib and slice into the most perfectly medium-rare meat you’ve ever seen.

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