Name: Spiced roast beef with red wine gravy
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 35 min
Yield: Serves 6 with leftovers
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 2 tbsp mixed peppercorn; 2 tbsp mustard seed yellow or black, or 1 tbsp of each; 2 tsp fennel seed; 1 ½kg fillet of beef; 2 tbsp olive oil; 1 tbsp wholegrain or English mustard (check the brand is gluten-free); 3 red onions skins left on, thickly sliced into rounds; a few thyme leaves to serve (optional); 2 tbsp olive oil; 1½-2 tbsp cornflour; 2 gluten- and wheat-free beef stock cubes (check the label); 3-4 tbsp redcurrant jelly; 400ml red wine

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Spiced roast beef with red wine gravy

Spiced roast beef with red wine gravy

Sarah Cook

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Serves 6 with leftovers

Easy

Prep: 35 mins

Cook: 1 hr

Plus chilling and resting

A star rating of 4.8 out of 5.4 ratingsRate

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Marinade your fillet with peppercorn, fennel and mustard seeds then roast until rare - the gravy is gluten-free too!

Dairy-free

Egg-free

Gluten-free

Nut-free

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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2 tbsp mixed peppercorn
2 tbsp mustard seed

yellow or black, or 1 tbsp of each
2 tsp fennel seed
1 ½kg fillet of beef
2 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp wholegrain or English mustard

(check the brand is gluten-free)
3 red onions

skins left on, thickly sliced into rounds
a few thyme leaves

to serve (optional)

For the gravy

2 tbsp olive oil
1½-2 tbsp cornflour
2 gluten- and wheat-free beef stock cubes

(check the label)
3-4 tbsp redcurrant jelly
400ml red wine

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Nutrition: per serving

kcal544
fat26g
saturates9g
carbs16g
sugars8g
fibre1g
protein54g
salt1.4g

low

Method

step 1

Up to 2 days before, crush together the peppercorns and seeds using a pestle and mortar, or in a saucepan with the end of a rolling pin or similar. Brush the beef fillet all over with the mustard, then roll in the peppercorn mix to coat. Cover and chill.
step 2

Two hours before you are ready to start cooking, take the beef out of the fridge to come to room temperature.
step 3

Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Heat the oil in a pan big enough to hold the beef, and brown the beef all over, seasoning with salt. In a roasting tin, use the onions as a bed to sit the beef on – pat on any spices that have fallen off. Roast for 20 mins for rare, 25 mins for medium, and 35 mins for well-done beef.
step 4

Lift the beef from the tin and rest on a platter, covered with foil to keep it hot, for about 30 mins. Set the tin with the onions and roasting juices over the hob and stir in the oil, cornflour and crumbled stock cubes. Mix in the jelly, then gradually stir in the wine and 400ml boiling water, scraping up any stuck bits from the bottom. Simmer for 15 mins until reduced a little. Season, then sieve into a clean pan to keep warm, discarding the onions. Slice the beef, scatter over the thyme, if you like, and serve with the gravy.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, December 2012

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