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Roast Prime Rib of Beef with Pink and Green Peppercorn Crust
8 lbs standing rib roast (4 ribs, trimmed) recipe for crust
2 teaspoons allspice berries, crushed 3 tablespoons pink peppercorns, crushed lightly 3 tablespoons freeze-dried green peppercorns, crushed lightly 3 tablespoons butter, softened 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour 1 tablespoon firmly packed brown sugar 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
recipe for wine sauce 2/3 cup dry red wine 2 cups beef broth 1 1/2 tablespoons cornstarch 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce 1 tablespoon water
1. Let rib roast stand at room temperature 1 hour.
2. Preheat oven to 500F.
3. Make crust: In a small bowl combine all crust ingredients, stirring to form a paste.
4. Pat beef dry and season.
5. In a pan, roast beef, ribs side down, 30 minutes.
6. Transfer beef to a platter.
7. Reduce oven temperature to 350F.
8. Return beef to roasting pan, ribs side down, and spread with peppercorn paste.
9. Roast beef 1 – 1 ¼ hours longer, or until a meat thermometer registers 135F for medium-rare.
1o. Transfer to a cutting board.
11. Let stand, covered loosely, alteast 20 minutes and up to 30 minutes before carving.
12. Make sauce: Skim fat from drippings in roasting pan.
13. Add wine and deglaze over moderately-high heat, scraping up browned bits.
14. Boil until reduced by about half and transfer to a saucepan.
15. Add broth and boil 5 minutes.
16. In a small bowl, dissolve cornstarch in Worcestershire Sauce and water and add to saucepan in a stream, whisking.
17. Bring to a boil, whisking, and boil 1 minute.
18. Season.
FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTION PRECISELY AND YOU WON'T BE DISAPPOINTED
Prior to cooking I take a small container of heavy whipping cream, a whole container of horse radish and a teaspoon of sugar and I whip it into a horseradish cream sauce with my mixer and let that stand in the fridge for a couple hours
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