Remember, after removing your joint from
the packaging, pat dry and bring to room temperature.
Preheat your oven to 200°C for fan assisted or 215°C for ovens
without a fan.
Choose a large, heavy-based roasting tray, ideally with deep
sides and handles for easy movement.
Season with good quality fine sea salt just prior to
cooking.
Make a trivet by roughly chopping equal amounts of onion,
carrot and celery (or our preferred choice of celeriac, the root of
the celery) plus a bay leaf, sprig of thyme and a few black
peppercorns.
Place the beef
fat side up onto the trivet which should line the base of the
tray.
Place in the centre of the oven and roast for 20 minutes, then
reduce the temperature to 170°C for fan assisted or 180°C for ovens
without a fan. Continue roasting for 15 minutes per 500g reaching a
core temperature of minimum 58°C for a medium rare roast.
Remove from the oven, put onto a clean tray and keep warm by
covering with a sheet of tin foil. Rest for a minimum of 20 minutes
before carving, leaving the roasted vegetables in the tray for the
gravy.
For the gravy, make up 500ml of Essential Cuisine beef stock,
then deglaze roasting tray with this stock stirring in all the
caramelized juices from the tray. Next, pass through a fine sieve
pushing all the juices from the vegetables into a clean saucepan.
Bring to a simmer and thicken if required by whisking in a teaspoon
of cornflour mixed with a little cold water and reduce until it
becomes a rich, glossy gravy.