Sunday dinner or dinner
for guests, this roasted beef dinner with potatoes, mushrooms
and a 'fancy pan gravy' is sure to please and satisfy.
Beef
Rib Eye Roast with Potatoes, Mushrooms and Fancy Pan Gravy
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh
rosemary leaves
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 teaspoons coarse salt
1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 (4-pound) rib eye roast
4 pounds small new potatoes, halved
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 pound large white mushrooms, quartered
1 tablespoon butter, softened
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
1 (14.5-ounce) can beef broth
1 tablespoon tomato paste
- Preheat oven to 350°F
(175°C).
- In a small bowl mix together
rosemary, garlic, salt and pepper; spread evenly over surface
of roast. Place roast, fat-side-up on a rack in a shallow roasting
pan. Insert a meat thermometer into the center of the roast,
place pan in the center of the oven, and cook for 40 minutes.
- Toss potatoes with oil
and add to the pan, stirring to coat with meat juices. Season
with more salt and pepper, if desired. Return pan to oven and
continue to cook for 20 minutes.
- Add mushrooms to the pan,
stirring to coat, and continue cooking for 40 more minutes.
- Mix together butter and
flour and set aside.
- Remove roast (thermometer
should read 130°F (55°C) from pan and transfer to a cutting
surface; let sit 15 minutes before carving. Transfer vegetables
to a serving platter. Pour the pan juices into a small saucepan
and skim off fat.
- Pour beef broth into pan
juices, bring to a boil and let cook for 3 minutes. Lower heat,
add flour mixture and tomato paste and whisk gently to incorporate.
- Carve beef and serve with
gravy, mushrooms and potatoes.
Makes 8 servings.
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