Boast Beef
Ingredients
Directions
The book gives no oven temperature. The 350°F (175°C) in the steps was added when the recipe was transcribed, as a starting point.
Set up the roast
Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C).
Place a 10-pound piece of beef in the oven and roast for 2 hours.
For every pound over or under, add 10 minutes to the cooking time.
Do not place the meat too close to the fire at first.
Roast and finish
When the beef is halfway done, turn it in the roaster.
Baste the meat with the drippings 2 to 3 times during cooking.
Do not salt or flour the beef until it is nearly done.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Beef
- The main cut; its proteins set and firm as it cooks, giving the roast its texture.
- Drippings
- Fat and browned juices that baste the meat, adding moisture and savory flavor.
The step that matters
Keep the meat away from the fire at first. Intense direct heat at the start can scorch and dry the outside before the centre of a large cut has warmed through. A gentler start lets the heat reach the middle more evenly.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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