Slowly roasted beef recipe

Well we have four days off for Easter and I’m still feeling crook. I thought I’d feel better if I spent some time cooking. Tonight I made slowly roasted beef with vegetables.

Slowly roasted beef with potato, carrot, onion and quinoa
Slowly roasted beef with potato, carrot, onion and quinoa

I should start at the beginning. I woke up feeling worse than the previous few days mainly because I coughed all night and just felt stupidly tired. Given it’s the beginning of a four day long weekend I thought I should make an effort for breakfast so I cooked bacon and eggs with toast.

Streaky bacon and scrambled eggs with fried toast and avocado
Streaky bacon and scrambled eggs with fried toast and avocado

After breakfast I went back to bed and dozed for a bit. I stayed there until about midday and figured I should get out, shower shave and think about what to do for the day. 

I had a blade roast in the refrigerator and thought a slowly roasted beef recipe was in order.

I also had some beef bones and thought the fatty juicy goodness from them would make a good cooking soup for the blade roast. So I started by cooking them and ate the fatty meat for lunch while reserving the juices for the roast.

Beef bones cooked in the oven for a couple of hours
Beef bones cooked in the oven for a couple of hours

Given the protein and fat load I needed something sweet for afternoon tea so I ended up having a teaspoon of Nutella and a teaspoon of crunchy peanut paste.

Nutella and crunchy peanut paste is a marriage made in heaven
Nutella and crunchy peanut paste is a marriage made in heaven
Slowly roasted beef recipe
 
Recipe Type: Dinner
Cuisine: Australian
Author: Gary Lum
Prep time:
Cook time:
Total time:
Serves: 1
Ingredients
  • 1.5 kg beef bones
  • 1.5 kg blade roast
  • Quinoa
  • Carrot
  • Onion
  • Celery
  • Potato
  • Bay leaves
  • Red wine
  • Water
Instructions
  1. In a casserole place the beef bones and cook in a slow oven (150 °C) for 2 hours
  2. Remove the cooked bones and keep to eat for lunch
  3. In the bottom of the casserole with the beef bone juices add some carrot, onion and celery
  4. Add 1 cup of red wine
  5. Add ½ cup water
  6. Place the blade roast in the middle on top of the vegetables
  7. Add a couple of potatoes and some bay leaves
  8. Cover the casserole and put into the oven at 150 °C for 3 hours
  9. Remove the casserole and take out the meat to rest for 30 minutes
  10. Prepare a plate with the vegetables and slice some of the beef
  11. Pour over a little of the fatty juices from the casserole instead of beef gravy
  12. If you have Hollandaise you could serve that too
  13. Shoot a photograph
  14. Eat the meal
  15. Wash the dishes
  16. Write the recipe
  17. Blog (verb)
 

 

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Do you like slowly roasted beef on a Friday public holiday? What did you eat on Friday night?

9 Responses

    1. Thanks Liz, I hope I’m on the mend but I often end up with a prolonged cough and headache.
      I rarely lose my appetite 😉

  1. Sorry to read you’re under the weather. Keep eating as yummy as you do to get well soon.

    That beef looks yummy but my favorite favorite favorite of this post is your nutella-peanut butter combo. It’s a heavenly combination. 🙂

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