Roast Beef
Ingredients
Directions
The book gives no oven temperature. The 400°F (200°C) in the steps was added when the recipe was transcribed, as a starting point.
Prepare
Preheat your oven to 400°F (200°C).
Lard the beef thoroughly with large pieces of fat.
Roast
Place the beef in the oven and roast for 5 hours.
Baste the beef constantly during roasting.
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.
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What each ingredient does
- Beef
- Forms the main body of the dish and carries most of the flavor and texture.
- Firm fat lardoons
- Melt slowly through the meat, adding moisture and richness during roasting.
The step that matters
Basting the beef constantly during roasting. Regular basting keeps the surface moist and helps it brown evenly, while the juices carry heat and flavor into the meat as the fat renders.
“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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