Preheat the oven to 250 degrees celsius. Brush beef with oil and season well with sea salt flakes and freshly ground pepper. Place beef in a roasting pan and place in the oven 15 mins to roast. Reduce the oven temperature to 200 degrees celsius and roast for a further 25-30 minutes per 500g for medium.
Regardless of the size of your roast, aim for cooking at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C), for 20 minutes per pound. After resting for 15 to 20 minutes your roast should reach its final internal temperature, which could be 5 to 15 degrees higher than when removed from the oven.
The total cooking time depends on the weight of the meat. To cook rare, allow 15-20 minutes per 500g of meat. To cook medium allow 20-25 minutes per 500g of meat. To cook well done allow 25-30 minutes per 500g of meat.
If you like rare beef cook the joint for 20 minutes per 450g plus 20 minutes, for a medium result cook the meat for 25 minutes per 450g plus 25 minutes and for a well done joint cook it for 30 minutes per 450g plus 30 minutes. Once the joint is cooked allow it to stand for 10 minutes this will make it easier to carve.
Put 1 onion, cut into 8 wedges, and 500g carrots, halved lengthways, into a roasting tin and sit the beef on top, then cook for 20 mins. Reduce oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 5 and continue to cook the beef for 30 mins if you like it rare, 40 mins for medium and 1 hr for well done.
Beef Roasting
Preheat your oven to 210°C for fan assisted or 230°C for ovens without a fan (gas 8).
Add a peeled and halved onion and few sprigs of herbs such as thyme or rosemary while your beef cooks. This will caramelise the onions and add more flavour to your gravy. Preheat your oven to the correct temperature to ensure your cooking time is accurate: 220C/Gas 7/fan 200C.
When cooking a roast in the oven, keep it uncovered until roasted to the desired doneness. After removing from the oven, tent with foil and let stand 15 minutes before carving. This allows the juices to redistribute, preventing them from draining out during carving—and preventing dry, disappointing meat.
You should cover a beef roast with kitchen foil for at least part of the cooking time.
To keep the beef joint moist and tender during the long cooking process, add liquid and use vegetables as a trivet to keep meat raised off the roasting tin. You can also slow roast topside beef using this method; they are similar lean beef joints.
Internal meat temperature should be at least 195 °F / 90 °C for tender beef. Prepare the chuck roast: Sprinkle the salt and pepper lightly over the roast on all sides. Place the chuck roast in a large plastic bag or large bowl with the onions, bay leaves, and rosemary.
Roast the Perfect Joint
To roast a whole joint preheat the oven to 180°C/160° fan/gas 4 and weigh the joint (with any stuffing, if using) in order to calculate the cooking time. Place in the centre of the oven; Rare – cook for 20 minutes per 450g plus 20 minutes. Medium – cook for 25 minutes per 450g plus 25 minutes.
Place the beef fat side up onto the trivet which should line the base of the tray. Place in the centre of the oven and roast for 20 minutes, then reduce the temperature to 170°C for fan assisted or 180°C for ovens without a fan.
Low temperature cooking is a fantastic method that can be used for just about every naturally tender cut of beef, lamb, pork and veal. It involves searing the outside of the meat at a high temperature, and then roasting in a very low oven for a lengthy period, so the meat stays succulent.
Roasting is a dry heat cooking method that is often used for large, tender beef cuts. The best cuts for roasting are obtained from the loin and the rib. In order to properly roast a cut of beef, it should be placed on a rack in a roasting pan that is not too deep and cooked, uncovered, in a preheated oven.
Please don't use water to cook your roast beef! But yes, do use a liquid in your pan when cooking roast beef. You don't want to use water because you really need something with some flavor and seasonings! In this recipe we are using beef broth, red wine, and plenty of seasonings for the perfect flavor.
Important Chef's Note: Using foil does not make a difference in the amount of cooking time required. You may think that the foil will help the food cook faster, but that has been proven incorrect, there is no difference in roasting time.
While the beef is cooking, lift it out of the oven from time to time, tilt the tin and baste the meat really well with its own juices - this ensures that the flavour that is concentrated in the fat keeps permeating the meat, and at the same time the fat keeps everything moist and succulent.
Pot-roasting topside is a great idea because it means slow-cooking the joint in stock, eliminating any toughness in the meat, and the all-in-one method, usually in a cast iron casserole, means less washing-up.
These are probably the most common and best known roasting joints and are usually the Silverside, Salmon cut and Topside. These cuts come from the top of the hind leg known as the Rump. The Silverside is a very popular roast with the best and strongest beef flavour of the three rump roasts and is a very popular choice.
Season the fat with salt and pepper and rub in a little flour or mustard powder, if you like. 3. Lay the beef on top of the two onion halves in a roasting tin and roast for 20 mins before turning down to 180C/160C fan/gas 4 and cooking for 1 hr 40 mins. Remove and rest for at least an hour.
For this reason, if you need to cook several dishes at the same time using the same temperature, this will ensure they are all cooked perfectly. Ideal dishes to cook using a fan-forced oven: roasts, tray bakes, braises and slow-cooked casseroles.
Preheat the oven to 250 degrees celsius. Brush beef with oil and season well with sea salt flakes and freshly ground pepper. Place beef in a roasting pan and place in the oven 15 mins to roast. Reduce the oven temperature to 200 degrees celsius and roast for a further 25-30 minutes per 500g for medium.