How to Make Roast Beef and Yorkshire Pudding

beef roast

🥗Healthier: lean beef

💰Cheaper: pork roast

Pork roast is often less expensive than beef.

milk

🥗Healthier: plant-based milk

💰Cheaper: water

Water can be used to reduce cost but will affect flavor.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: vegetable oil

Vegetable oil is a more affordable option.

fresh herbs

🥗Healthier: dried herbs

💰Cheaper: no herbs

Dried herbs are cheaper and can be used in smaller quantities.

Chop the tops off the onions, leaving the root intact, and quarter them after peeling off the outer skin.

Peel the carrots, chop off the tops and bottoms, and then cut them in half lengthwise for even chopping.

Mix together salt, black pepper, mustard powder, and flour to create a rub for the beef.

Rub the mixture all over the beef roast, ensuring it's well coated.

Place the chopped carrots in the roasting pan, cut side down, and add the quartered onions around them.

Place the beef roast on top of the vegetables in the roasting pan.

Roast in the oven at 190°C (375°F) for 20 minutes, then reduce the heat to 170°C (340°F) and cook for an additional 35 minutes for rare.

Let the beef rest for 50 minutes, tented with foil to keep it warm and juicy.

Carve the beef to show the perfect rare inside and keep it warm for serving.

Put the onions and carrots from the roasting pan aside and add flour to the beef juices in the pan to thicken for gravy.

Deglaze the pan with beef stock and red wine, mixing thoroughly to combine and remove lumps.

Pass the gravy through a sieve to ensure it's smooth before serving, adding salt and pepper to taste.

Peel the potatoes and chop them in half for roasting.

Soak the potatoes in cold water for at least 30 minutes before cooking.

Boil the potatoes in hot simmering water for 5 minutes until the edges start to soften.

Drain the potatoes in a colander, cover with a tea towel, and shake to roughen the edges.

Coat the potatoes in flour before roasting.

Add duck fat to a roasting tray and heat it until hot.

Carefully add the potatoes to the hot oil and roast, checking every 15-20 minutes to ensure they are cooking evenly.

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