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4 lb organic beef roast
2 Tbsp fine sea salt
2 tsp freshly ground black pepper
6 cloves garlic
2 Tbsp grass-fed butter, ghee, or avocado oil
½ cup organic beef broth
½ cup dry red wine
3 sprigs rosemary
1 large yellow onion, thinly sliced

1. Remove roast from refrigerator about 2 hours before starting recipe to allow it to come closer to room temperature. It will still be a little cool after 2 hours, but not cold.

2. In a small bowl combine salt and pepper.

3. Use a sharp, thin knife to make 3 slits on one side of the roast (about 2-3 inches deep), stuff the slits with the garlic cloves (one clove in each) and some salt and pepper. Flip the roast over and make 3 more slits on the other side and stuff with garlic, salt, and pepper. Rub the remaining salt and pepper over the outside of the roast.

raw roast beef with garlic stuffed in slits
4. Preheat oven to 275ºF.

5. Melt butter over medium-high heat in an oven-safe skillet (braising pan or cast iron). Sear all sides of roast in the hot oil to brown (for about 15 minutes total). Remove roast to a plate and deglaze the bottom of the pan with broth and wine.



butter melting in white pan
6. Place roast back in pan and place onion slices and rosemary sprigs around it.

roast beef in braising pan after searing before roasting, how to cook melt in the mouth roast beef


7. Oven roast at 275ºF until you get to 115ºF (let the pot roast cook for about 12-15 minutes per pound, so a little less than 1 hour for a 4 lb roast).

roast beef after cooking with thermometer showing 116 degrees F
8. Transfer meat to a cutting board, tent loosely with aluminum foil, and allow to rest for about 20 minutes. The internal temp will continue to rise as the roast rests. Serving temp should be 130ºF in the center for medium-rare. You can rest for up to one half hour if you need to.

roast beef and thermometer at 129 degrees F



9. Mix a few teaspoons of arrowroot powder or organic cornstarch with the pan juices to make a gravy. Serve roast beef with gravy and onions.

For this easy recipe you can use eye of round, top round, bottom round (also known as rump roast), chuck roast, or heart of shoulder roast.

Eye of round
Top round
Bottom round
Chuck roast
Heart of shoulder roast

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