Roast Beef With Glazed Onions And Worcestershire Gravy Recipes

POT-ROAST BEEF WITH FRENCH ONION GRAVY

Steps:

• Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3. Rub the meat with 1 tsp of the oil and plenty of seasoning. Heat a large flameproof casserole dish and brown the meat all over for about 10 mins. Meanwhile, add 2 tsp oil to a frying pan and fry the carrots and celery for 10 mins until turning golden.
• Lift the beef onto a plate, splash the wine into the hot casserole and boil for 2 mins. Pour in the stock, return the beef, then tuck in the carrots, celery and bay leaves, trying not to submerge the carrots too much. Cover and cook in the oven for 2 hrs. (I like to turn the beef halfway through cooking.)
• Meanwhile, thinly slice the onions. Heat 1 tbsp oil in a pan and stir in the onions, thyme and some seasoning. Cover and cook gently for 20 mins until the onions are softened but not coloured. Remove the lid, turn up the heat, add the butter and sugar, then let the onions caramelise to a dark golden brown, stirring often. Remove the thyme sprigs, then set aside.
• When the beef is ready, it will be tender and easy to pull apart at the edges. Remove it from the casserole and snip off the strings. Reheat the onion pan, stir in the flour and cook for 1 min. Whisk the floury onions into the beefy juices in the casserole, to make a thick onion gravy. Taste for seasoning. Add the beef and carrots back to the casserole, or slice the beef and bring to the table on a platter, with the carrots to the side and the gravy spooned over.

ROAST BEEF WITH GRAVY

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
• Rub roast with vegetable oil.
• Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• Place roast, onion, celery, carrot and tomatoes in a roasting pan.
• In a large bowl, combine tomato paste, Worcestershire, consomme, and 1 cup broth, whisking well.
• Pour over roast.
• Bake, uncovered, for 30 minutes.
• Reduce heat to 350 degrees.
• Cover roasting pan, and bake for 2 1/2 hours.
• Carefully remove roast and vegetables from pan.
• Skim excess fat from pan and reserve drippings.
• Bring 1 1/2 cups drippings to a simmer over medium heat in roasting pan.
• Add flour, whisking well.
• Cook over medium heat for 3-4 minutes, or until mixture begins to thicken.
• Add 1 cup broth, whisking well.
• Cook for 3-4 more minutes, whisking constantly.
• Add 1/2 cup broth, whisking well.
• Cook for 3 minutes.
• Add remaining 1/2 cup broth, whisking well.
• Cook for 3-4 minutes, or until gravy is thickened.

BEEF ROAST AND ONION GRAVY

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a 10-inch skillet over medium-high heat. Add the onion, garlic, parsley and black pepper and cook until the onion is tender-crisp, stirring often. Stir the stock in the skillet and heat to a boil. Remove the skillet from the heat.
• Place the beef in a roasting pan and brush with the stock mixture. Roast at 350 degrees F for 1 hour or to desired doneness, brushing occasionally with the stock mixture. Remove the beef from the roasting pan.
• Stir the flour in the skillet. Stir the flour mixture in the roasting pan. Cook and stir over medium heat until the mixture boils and thickens. Serve the gravy with the beef.

ROAST BEEF WITH GLAZED ONIONS AND WORCESTERSHIRE GRAVY

Steps:

• In a roasting pan combine well the onions, the tomatoes, the oil, and salt and pepper to taste and roast the mixture in the middle of a preheated 500°F. oven for 10 minutes. Stir the mixture, put the beef, seasoned with salt and pepper, on top of it, and roast the beef and the onion mixture in the oven for 15 minutes. Reduce the temperature to 350°F. and roast the beef for 12 minutes more per pound, or until a thermometer registers 135°F., for medium-rare meat.
• Transfer the beef to a cutting board and let it stand for 30 minutes. Transfer three fourths of the onion mixture to a bowl and reserve it, keeping it warm, covered. To the mixture remaining in the roasting pan add the flour and cook the mixture over moderate heat, stirring, for 3 minutes. Whisk in the broth, the water, the Worcestershire sauce, and any juices that may have accumulated on the cutting board and simmer the gravy, whisking and scraping up the brown bits, for 10 minutes. Transfer the gravy to a small saucepan and skim the fat from the top. Just before serving, carve the beef, arrange it on a platter with the reserved onion mixture, and garnish it with the rosemary sprigs. Bring the gravy to a boil, transfer it to a gravy boat, and serve it with the beef.