Rock Salt Roast Recipes

ROCK SALT ENCRUSTED PRIME RIB

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
• Rinse the roast and pat dry with paper towels. Mix the onion soup mix and pepper together in a small bowl. Rub the pepper mixture generously over all sides of the roast. Place the roast on a clean, dry baking sheet, and rest 30 to 45 minutes.
• Meanwhile, mix the rock salt, flour, rosemary together in a bowl. Gradually pour in the water and mix by hand (wear gloves if desired) to make a thick, sticky batter or paste. Add more water if necessary. Spread the salt batter into the bottom of a roasting pan to make a layer 1/2 to 3/4 inch thick., reserving 1 to 2 cups. Place the roast, bones facing down, in the middle of the batter in the pan. Pull the batter up and around the roast to completely cover the meat. Pat on extra batter if necessary. Insert meat thermometer into the roast with its gauge positioned to be visible from the front of the oven (or use a regular meat thermometer).
• Cook in preheated oven for 15 to 20 minutes. Remove, and use remaining salt batter to patch any holes or breaks in the coating.
• Meanwhile, prepare au jus according to package directions leaving out 1/4 cup water to boost flavor, and keep warm.
• Return roast to the oven, and cook until internal temperature reaches 130 degrees F (54 degrees C), or to desired doneness. Remove roast, and rest 20 to 30 minutes until internal temperature reaches 140 degrees F (60 degrees C). Chip off the crust and discard and then slice to serve. Serve garnished with horseradish and au jus.

STANDING RIB ROAST IN ROCK SALT

Steps:

• Let beef roast set to room temp.
• Preheat oven to 500 degrees.
• With sharp steak knife puncture roast all over, placing slivered garlic in each puncture.
• Simply insert end of knife and place sliver of garlic down along blade, deep into the roast, before removing knife.
• Rub entire roast generously with worchestershire sauce.
• In roasting pan just large enough to hold roast, cover bottom with rock salt.
• Place roast on rock salt.
• Then cover roast completely with more rock salt, so that no meat is uncovered.
• Meat should not touch sides of roasting pan, but be completely encased in rock salt.
• (Note: I gently spray a slight amount of water over top of salt to enable it to"hold and set" firmly.) Place in 500 degree oven and roast for 15 minutes per pound.
• Remove meat from pan and place on cutting board, brushing off all rock salt, and cover with foil for 15-20 minutes before carving.
• Serve with favorite horseradish sauce.
• I prefer fresh ground horseradish from any supermarket deli.
• Horseradish can be made milder by mixing with mayonnaise.

ROCK SALT ROAST PRIME RIB

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). Line a roasting pan with aluminum foil.
• Liberally coat the roast with mustard, so that it is entirely covered. Put a thick layer of rock salt on the foil in the roasting pan, about the size of the bottom of the roast. Set the bottom of the roast on the salt, and press down to embed the salt into the mustard. Completely cover the remainder of the roast with rock salt, pressing it into the mustard. (A lot of salt will fall off into the pan, but that doesn't hurt anything).
• Bake uncovered, in preheated oven for 60 minutes, or until internal temperature reaches 145 degrees F (65 degrees C). Let stand 15 minutes. The roast will be encased in a 'shell'. Hit the shell sharply with the back of a knife, and it will crack open and start to fall off. Remove the shell, and place the roast on a cutting board. Slice, and serve with horseradish sauce.
• Horseradish sauce: In a small bowl, whip the cream until stiff peaks form. Fold in horseradish to taste.

ROCK SALT ROAST

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• Season the meat with pepper.
• Insert a meat thermometer into the middle of the thickest part of the lean muscle.
• Slather the meat in mustard, until it is entirely covered.
• Cover a roasting pan in foil and then put a thick layer of rock salt on the bottom of the pan, about the size of the bottom of the roast.
• Set the bottom of the roast on the salt, and press down to embed the salt into the mustard.
• Completely cover the remainder of the roast with rock salt, pressing it into the mustard.
• A lot of salt will fall off into the pan, but that doesn't hurt.
• Roast eighteen minutes per pound for rare beef, twenty-two minutes for medium, and twenty-five minutes for well done.
• After the first fifteen minutes of roasting time, check the roast to make sure that the coating is still intact.
• Repair any cracks or holes, using any left over salt and mustard.
• Double check the degree of doneness on the meat thermometer near the end of the roasting time.
• Let stand 15 minutes.
• The roast will be encased in a'shell'.
• Hit the shell sharply with the back of a knife, and it will crack open and start to fall off.
• Remove the shell, and place the roast on a cutting board.
• Slice, and serve with horseradish sauce.
• Note: The roast will continue to cook if the hard shell is left on after roast is removed from the oven.
• One six-and-one-half-pound roast removed after roasting for fifteen minutes per pound reached a rare degree of doneness in twenty-five minutes with the coating left on.

SALT ROASTED SHRIMP

Steps:

• Divide salt evenly among 2 (9 by 13-inch) metal pans divide salt evenly. Heat your oven to 400 degrees F and put the pans of salt into the oven to heat. When the oven reaches 400 degrees F, allow the salt to continue heating for another 15 minutes. After 15 minutes have passed, put the shrimp on top of the salt in 1 of the pans. Then cover with all of the salt in the second pan. The shrimp should be evenly and completely covered. Roast for 8 minutes. Remove from oven and check 1 shrimp for doneness. The shrimp should be opaque and white and pink in color. If not done, return to oven for 1 to 2 minutes. Serve immediately.

SALT-ENCRUSTED RIB ROAST

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450°. Place rib roast in a roasting pan, fat side up; spread all sides with mustard. In a bowl, mix salt and water to make a dry paste (mixture should be just moist enough to pack); press onto top and sides of roast., Roast 15 minutes. Reduce oven setting to 325°. Roast 2-1/4 to 2-3/4 hours longer or until a thermometer inserted in beef reaches 135° for medium-rare; 140° for medium; 145° for medium-well. (Temperature of roast will continue to rise about 10° upon standing.) Let stand 20 minutes before serving., Remove and discard salt crust. Carve roast into slices.

BEEF ROASTED IN SALT CRUST

Steps:

• In a bowl stir together the salt and 3/4 cup water until the mixture forms a slightly stiff paste resembling wet snow. Arrange the rib roast, fat side up, in a roasting pan and coat it completely with the salt mixture, patting the mixture on about 1/4 inch thick. Roast the beef in the middle of a preheated oven 325°F. oven for 2 hours (about 22 minutes per pound), or until it registers 130°F. on a meat thermometer for medium-rare meat. Transfer the beef to a cutting board and let it stand for 15 minutes. Remove the crust with a hammer and carve the meat.