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basking_lizard in food_porn

roast beef!

Oct 23, 2008 15:02

For Thanksgiving last weekend we picked up a new digital meat thermometer from Superstore. When I was trying to come up with something to make for dinner earlier this week, my partner suggested I get a roast so we could test out the thermometer in our own oven ( Read more... )

roast, beef

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sarcasticsiren October 23 2008, 21:47:41 UTC

YUM! I've never made roast beef, but that looks really tasty and not overly difficult. Any special recipe for scalloped potatoes?

basking_lizard October 23 2008, 22:24:28 UTC

There is a great breakdown of how to make scalloped potatoes (they call it potatoes au gratin) in the latest issue of Fine Cooking (Oct/Nov 08), it's kind of like a Choose Your Own Adventure recipe. :D ( ... )

basking_lizard October 23 2008, 22:25:33 UTC

Also, a meat thermometer is *key*, a digital instant-read if you can get one. I would definitely have overcooked it without one.

syntheticjesso October 23 2008, 21:52:37 UTC

Ohhhhhh man that looks delicious. Is that cut of meat particularly expensive?

basking_lizard October 23 2008, 22:09:56 UTC

It was so, so good. :D I lucked out and it was on sale this week for $3/lb (and it was about 2.5lbs, so it was somewhat over $7), but it usually goes for about $6.50/lb, which makes it on the more expensive side if you're buying the full 5-6 lbs the recipe calls for.

The other cut suggested in the recipe was NY striploin roast - basically non-sliced striploin steaks. o_O Which sounds like it would be ridiculously expensive considering a single average striploin steak goes for about $8 here. I'm not very sure about different cuts of beef, but you could check with a butcher to see what cuts would be similar to top sirloin.

verbicide October 24 2008, 01:37:03 UTC

That looks simply amazing. I was just thinking --I've never made roast beef and I really want to. I'll have to try this recipe soon!

How long did it take your 2.5lb roast to cook?

basking_lizard October 24 2008, 03:53:05 UTC

Heh, I had to check the timestamps from the pictures I took. :D Looks like it was about 45 minutes. But I wasn't really paying attention to the time, I was more keeping an eye on the meat thermometer, so as soon as it hit 125F I took it out to rest.

verbicide October 24 2008, 04:08:14 UTC

Thank you!