Prime Rib and Oven-Roasted Potatoes with Bay Leaves and Sage
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- Yield Serves 8
Ingredients
- 15 dried bay leaves, crumbled, plus whole leaves for garnish
- 1/3 cup coarsely chopped fresh sage leaves, plus whole leaves for garnish
- 1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- Coarse salt
- 1/3 cup finely grated orange zest, (from 3 oranges)
- Freshly ground pepper
- 1 (about 7 pounds) three-rib prime rib of beef, trimmed and frenched
- 3 pounds russet potatoes, peeled and halved lengthwise
Directions
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Stir together bay leaves, sage, oil, 1 1/2 teaspoons salt, and the orange zest in a small bowl. Season with pepper. Rub herb mixture all over the roast. Refrigerate roast, covered, overnight.
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Put potatoes into a large pot of water. Bring to a boil; add salt. Cook 5 minutes. Drain. Score lines lengthwise in potatoes using the tines of a fork.
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Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Transfer roast, fat side up, to a metal roasting pan; let stand until it comes to room temperature, 30 minutes to 1 hour. Roast 15 minutes. Add potatoes; roast 15 minutes. Reduce temperature to 350 degrees. Roast, turning potatoes after 30 minutes, until an instant-read thermometer inserted into meat (away from bone) registers 115 degrees.for rare, about 1 hour. Let stand 20 minutes (temperature should rise to 125 degrees., and slice. Garnish with bay leaves and sage.
This was our Christmas dinner and like it was in the oven it filled the house with a heavenly herb and orange essence. My sister made her fennel/red onion/orange salad and I made rosemary fingerling baked potatoes. The orange and onion in the salad perfectly complimented the roast which we made to a lovely red perfection. The rosemary in the potatoes married well with the herbs in the rub. This recipe is a keeper!
This is absolutly delicious. I made this for Sunday Dinner. We like our meat cooked medium,it melted in your mouth. I also slivered elephant toe garlic and stuffed it between the meat and bone. I recommend this to everyone.Cook it and enjoy!
I made this with a Horseradish Sauce on the side......Three equal parts of Sour Cream, Mayo, Yogurt......prepared H/R to taste......SanJoseBob
I did this with a 5 lb. bonless prime rib for Sunday dinner. What I did was heated the oven to 500 degrees
This is a great recipe for prime rib--love the orange zest and have never seen that used this way before. When I bought the meat, I asked the butcher to "french" the bones for me and he had no problem doing it--saved me a lot of time and it looked great.