Rib Roast of Beef with Beets, Potatoes, and Horseradish

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Servings:
8

This recipe for rib roast of beef with beets, potatoes, and horseradish makes for the perfect meal, and is from chef Jamie Oliver's book "Cook with Jamie."

Ingredients

  • Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

  • 6 cloves garlic

  • ¼ cup fresh rosemary leaves, plus 2 sprigs for vegetables

  • 6 anchovy fillets in oil, drained

  • Zest of 2 lemons

  • 2 tablespoons olive oil

  • 4 -rib roast (8 pounds), preferably free-range or organic, French-trimmed, rolled, and tied

  • 3 onions, peeled and halved

  • 3 carrots, peeled and each cut crosswise into 3 pieces

  • ¼ cup fresh marjoram or parsley leaves, chopped

  • 11 ounces creme fraiche

  • Juice of 2 lemons

  • 1 piece (1 ½ inches) fresh horseradish, peeled and grated, or 3 tablespoons prepared

  • 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour

  • Roasted Beets and Potatoes

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Place garlic in a mortar, along with 1/4 cup rosemary leaves, anchovy, and lemon zest; mash together with a pestle. Add olive oil and rub mixture all over beef. Place onions, carrots, and rosemary sprigs in the bottom of a large roasting pan and season with salt and pepper; place beef on top of vegetables. Roast for 2 1/2 hours or continue roasting until meat has reached desired degree of doneness. Transfer beef to a platter and let stand 30 minutes.

  2. Drain all but about 1 tablespoon fat from roasting pan. Place roasting pan over medium heat and add flour and 1/2 cup water. Using a potato masher, mash carrots and onions into the flour and water, scraping up any brown bits from the bottom of the pan as you mash. Strain gravy through a fine mesh sieve set over a bowl; discard solids.

  3. In a medium bowl, mix together marjoram, creme fraiche, and lemon juice. Add horseradish; season with salt and pepper. Slice beef and serve with roasted beets and potatoes, gravy, and creme fraiche.

    Rib Roast of Beef with Beets, Potatoes, and Horseradish
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