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Tuesday March 22, 2005

A new Roast to try

I like a Sunday roast but it is hard work. So when the local supermarket had Beef Silverside on offer we bought a lump to try a new recipe.

The idea of this recipe is that it looks after itself. All the juices and bits are in a large metal sealed dish. Here is what I did: seal the meat in some butter that has melted in the pan. Clean the pan with kitchen paper. Put the meat back into the pan with 425ml of red wine ( we used our home made stuff ) two bay leaves, a bunch of thyme, salt and pepper. Put the lid on and pop into the oven at 140 degrees C. Cook and don't peek at it for three hours. The weight of the meat was 1.15Kg.

Remove the bits from the pan herbs etc and put the pan onto direct heat and boil to reduce the sauce. Mix some flour and butter into a smooth paste, and add to the sauce whisking briskly with a ballon whisk.

The recipe also makes a red onion marmalade made by taking 350g of very finely chopped onions and a teaspoon of chopped thyme, fried until soft, then add 225ml of red wine and 55ml of red wine vinegar, season and simmer until all the liquid has evaporated. This can take up to an hour. Use a low heat.

So how did it turn out ? Well the beef was nice and tender but the gravy well not so wonderful. The red onion marmalade was very good. I hope Jamie would approve if it was served up at school. Unlikely it would be given the amount they get to spend on each child...

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