So Louise... Stuffed Roast Beef
A very good friend of mine, Lucy and her husband come home to S.A every two years. It is becoming a tradition for me to cook them there last the supper, before they go back to Scotland.
This year I made Stuffed Roast Beef with Red Wine Mushroom gravy. I stuffed my Roast with Sundried Tomatoes, Spinach and Feta. The flavours worked beautifully with the Red Wine.
The Ingredients : 1.5kg Roast Beef ( I used Silverside)
1 packed of Sundried Tomatoes
1 packet of Spinach (steamed)
1 or 2 round of Feta
half a bottle of Red Wine
3 Cloves of Garlic ( peeled and whole)
Some string
pre-heat oven at 140 degrees
What I did was (very carefully, my track record with knives) cut the Roast so that it was one long piece of meat. laying it out flat I added a layer of Sundried Tomatoes then the Spinach and finally the Feta. Once I have all my Layers I roll my roast back up I fasten it with string. In a hot frying pan I sear the roast, to seal in all the juice goodness. I place the roast in a dish with a lid, add Red Wine and Garlic and pop it in the oven I left mine in for a little to long I would have liked it to be a little pink, but cooking is trial and era. My Roast was in for about an hour, so I would check it at 45min.One of the many things that my wonderful Brother has taught me is never put salt on meat when cooking. Salt dehydrates the meat making it dry. Add a little Salt after or just have some on the table.
Now for the Red Wine Gravy. I'm pretty sure I could have given Lucy the Gravy on its own for dinner and she would have been happy.The Ingredients :
8-10 Mushroom ( thinly sliced)
1tsp Butter
2 Cloves of Garlic (crushed)1Tbsp Soy Sauce
2Tbsp Corn Flour (mixed into 150ml cold water)
Salt to taste
In a sauce pan I fried Mushrooms and Garlic in the Butter. Added the Red Wine from the Roast and the Corn Flour water mix to the Mushrooms, stirring it while it thickens. Adding the soy sauce and salt to taste, a little Black Pepper would be great to. The Gravy was dreamy, I probably could have had it for dinner by itself as well. I served the Stuffed Roast Beef with Roast Veggies and Roasted Potatoes. This meal was a big time winner. I'm definitely going to spoil my Husband with it soon.
For my next post I'm going to tell you about my Savoury Muffins, witch are great for a lunch, Breakfast, Party or just to have in your freezer.
Until next time
xoxo So Louise
