Name: Roast beef with caramelised onion gravy
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 6
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 1 tbsp black peppercorn; 1 tbsp English mustard powder; 1 tbsp dried thyme; 1 tsp celery seeds; 1 tbsp olive oil; about 2kg/4lb 8oz topside joint of beef; 4 tbsp plain flour; 2 beef stock cubes; 3 tbsp caramelised onion chutney or marmalade; 2-3 tsp yeast extract

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Roast beef with caramelised onion gravy

Roast beef with caramelised onion gravy

Sarah Cook

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Serves 6

Easy

Prep: 30 mins

Cook: 1 hr and 30 mins

Plus overnight marinating (optional)

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Rare roast topside is the ultimate centrepiece - make it extra special with yeast extract and sweet onion gravy

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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1 tbsp black peppercorn
1 tbsp English mustard

powder
1 tbsp dried thyme
1 tsp celery

seeds
1 tbsp olive oil
about 2kg/4lb 8oz topside joint of beef

For the gravy

4 tbsp plain flour
2 beef stock cubes
3 tbsp caramelised onion chutney or marmalade
2-3 tsp yeast extract

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Nutrition: per serving

kcal591
fat28g
saturates11g
carbs13g
sugars3g
fibre1g
protein72g
salt1.2g

low

Method

step 1

Crush the peppercorns, mustard powder, thyme and celery seeds together with some salt, using a pestle and mortar. Stir in the oil, then rub it all over the beef. (If you have time, cover and chill the joint overnight to marinate. Bring the beef out of the fridge 1 hr before roasting.)
step 2

Heat oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 5 and sit the joint in a snug-ish roasting tin. Roast for 12 mins per 450g/1lb (about 55 mins for a 2kg/4lb 8oz joint) for medium-rare, or 15 mins per 450g/1lb (about 1 hr 10 mins) for medium-well.
step 3

Remove from the oven, lift onto a platter, cover with foil and rest for 30 mins. If you’re making the Yorkies (p90), increase oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 7.
step 4

For the gravy, pour any juices from the roasting tin into a large heatproof jug. Let the juices separate, then spoon 2 tbsp of the fat back into the tin – if there is no fat, use 2 tbsp butter instead. Discard any other fat. Top up the juices in the jug with boiling water so you have 750ml liquid in total. Sit the roasting tin on the hob and stir in the flour, stock cubes, onion chutney or marmalade and yeast extract. Cook for 1 min, stirring well to scrape up any beefy bits stuck to the tin, then gradually stir in the 750ml juices/water. Bubble to thicken to a nice consistency, then gently keep warm until ready to serve with the beef, carved into slices.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, May 2012

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