THE BEST Sunday Roast Recipe: How to Make Tender Beef & Perfect Gravy (Home-Cooked Charm)

beef

🥗Healthier: chicken

💰Cheaper: pork

Chicken is leaner and more affordable than beef.

Yorkshire pudding batter

🥗Healthier: whole wheat flour

💰Cheaper: all-purpose flour

Whole wheat flour adds fiber while all-purpose flour is more budget-friendly.

butter

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Olive oil is healthier and margarine is often less expensive.

beef stock

🥗Healthier: vegetable stock

💰Cheaper: water with seasonings

Vegetable stock is lighter and water with seasonings is cost-effective.

Prepare your vegetables: chop the carrots, parsnips, and red onion, and rinse them off.

Add a few celery stalks and mushrooms to the vegetable mix.

Place the chopped vegetables in the bottom of a roasting pan to create a bed for the meat.

Cut the top off a whole bulb of garlic and add it to the pan with the vegetables.

Brush olive oil over the beef and season it with salt and black pepper, rubbing it in well.

Sear the beef in hot oil in a pan for 2 minutes on each side until browned.

Transfer the seared beef onto the bed of vegetables in the roasting pan, pouring any juices from the pan over the beef.

Add a small amount of beef stock to the bottom of the roasting pan for gravy.

Cover the roasting pan with foil and place it in the oven set to 180°C (356°F).

After cooking, remove the beef from the oven and let it rest for up to an hour.

Transfer the cooked vegetables to a colander to extract juices for the gravy, squeezing the garlic into the mix.

Use a potato masher to extract more juices from the vegetables into the pan.

Thicken the gravy with corn flour and optional granules if desired.

Slice the rested beef, aiming for a pink interior.

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