BeefMeatPotato

Perfect Roast Beef and Roast Potatoes

The perfect roast beef recipe for an extra special Sunday lunch with family or friends.

Prep Time: 10 mins
Cooking Time: 120 mins
4 people

Used in this recipe

Ingredients

1.5kg topside or boneless roasting joint beef
6 tbsp grainy mustard
2 cloves garlic, peeled and crushed
15g fresh sage, roughly chopped
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
4-6 tbsp Filippo Berio Mild & Light Olive Oil

For the best roast potatoes:

900g potatoes, peeled
2 tbsp Filippo Berio Mild & Light Olive Oil

Method

Preheat the oven to 200°C/400°F/Gas Mark 6.
Blend together the mustard, garlic, sage and 1 tbsp olive oil, then spread over the meat and place into a roasting tin. Season with salt and black pepper and drizzle over the remaining oil. Cover loosely with foil.
Roast the meat for 20 minutes per 500g, plus 20 minutes. Calculate the cooking time if using a larger joint of meat.
Allow 175-225g potato per person on average. Quarter the potatoes and place in a pan of cold, salty water and bring to the boil. Cook for 5 minutes, then drain thoroughly. Toss in the olive oil. Add these to the joint 75-90 minutes before the end of the cooking., Baste regularly and turn once or twice until golden brown. Remove the foil for the last 30 minutes of cooking.
Stand the beef in a warm place before slicing.
Serve with Yorkshire pudding, roast beef gravy and roast potatoes.

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