Roast Beef With Red Wine Au Jus

The Garlic Horseradish Crust is Amazing!

I've never made roast beef before.  Don't get my wrong I've had my share, and I always enjoy it, but it just never occurred to me to make it myself.  This is a lovely dish, it's full of flavor, and would be great with some steamed vegetables or potatoes.  My inspiration for making this was the Beef on Weck sandwich so if you're not making this for that reason I highly recommend making enough for leftovers so you can try that as well.  The Au Jus is mandatory if you're going to make the sandwich, otherwise it's just highly recommended.




Quick Note:
The rub for the meat is pretty salty, if that's not your thing (it's not mine) consider cutting the salt to 1/8 C and just compensate with a little bit more horseradish, garlic, pepper, thyme, or combination thereof.


Roast Beef Ingredients:

3.5 lb. Top Round Roast


1/4 C Fresh Ground Pepper
1/4 C Kosher Salt
1/4 C Fresh Thyme, leaves only
1/4 C Horseradish
5-6 Cloves Garlic
1/2 C Olive Oil









Process:

Preheat the oven to 350 (F)

Add the pepper, salt, thyme leaves, and horseradish to a bowl.  Use a garlic press and squeeze the cloves into the bowl.  Add the oil and mix into a paste.

Rub the paste to cover the meat and place in a roasting pan.

Bake at 350 until the internal temperature registers 135 degrees (F), about 60-75 minutes. This should be medium-rare.  If you like it your meat cooked more, then by all means leave it longer, an internal temperature150 degrees should produce a medium roast.

When the meat is finished move it to a platter and let it rest before slicing.  Don't forget to cut against the grain when you slice it.


Red Wine Au Jus Ingredients:

Pan Drippings
2 Cups Red Wine
2 C Vegetable or Beef Broth

Remove the rack from the roasting pan.  Put the roasting pan with the drippings in the bottom over 2 of the stove burners, set both burners to medium high.  Add the wine and let it cook down, about 4 minutes. When it starts to thicken a bit add the broth and allow it all to simmer together for about 5 minutes.

Serve as you see fit.  There really is no way to go wrong here.