Oven roast beef: easy, fast and incredibly delicious

I am definitely not much of a cook. To the point: I dislike cooking and therefore don’t know how to cook. But, I do know how to make (I cannot call it cooking in respect to all the cooks out there) a few things as I have a family to take care of.

In order for a dish to make into my cook book it must have these 3 prerequisites: easy, fast and delicious. An all time favourite is my roast beef (served with roast vegetables to make your life even easier). I realized that I could make a killer roast beef during university when all my friends requested it over and over and over again. Those friends still talk about it and request it when we get together.

So, here is my true roast beef recipe. It’s almost embarrassing to share because of its easyness.

Ingredients:

  • 1 tbs of butter
  • 2kg of coarse salt
  • 1 kg of top sirloin

Method:

  • melt the butter and rub it to the meat
  • make a bed of salt to your pyrex dish
  • place the meat on it with its fat facing up and cover it completely with the remaining salt
  • cook it for about 40 minutes at 392F
  • remove the salt crust when your meat is ready to be served

Don’t worry about the amount of salt – it won’t make your meat too salty and will serve to keep the juice of the meat inside. Oh, my advice – slice as thin as possible.

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That’s it!!! And if there is leftover it’s great in sandwiches, with salad and as an appetizer the next day. And it’s a superb dish to serve when you have guests as you can be entertaining while the food is cooking. Bon appetite!