It has been too long since i last cooked anything so when GT was craving for some roast beef while we were at Vic Mart, we picked up a slab of beef tenderloin and a bottle of red wine and were all set for a good meal.
This was really too easy. Barely any work required, in typical me fashion but it made for a really wholesome, satisfying lunch. The beef was a nice shade of pink, roasted to perfection, really succulent with the rich, warm undertones of the red wine really shining through. And how much do i love the potatoes. Crisp on the outside and warm and fluffy inside.
It really should be a crime for a meal this easy to put together to be this good.
Roast Beef with Red Wine
Ingredients
1 kg of beef tenderloin
Bottle of red wine
Salt
Black Pepper
1 bulb of garlic, peeled
Roast Potatoes
Ingredients
5 potatoes, quartered
A generous pinch of fresh rosemary, chopped
Olive Oil
- Put beef into a ziplock bag and generously pour red wine into bag till the beef is completely soaked in it. Leave in fridge to marinate overnight, if possible.
- Preheat oven to 200C. Line 2 roasting pan with aluminum foil to ease cleaning up. Take beef out of bag and place on 1 roasting pan, reserving red wine. Generously season beef with salt and pepper. Cut deep slits into beef at random intervals. Insert a garlic clove into each slit. Drizzle some of reserved red wine onto beef. Set aside while preparing roast potatoes.
- Combine rosemary and olive oil in a small bowl. Place potatoes in the other roasting pan and generously brush potatoes with olive oil mixture, making sure to coat well.
- Place the pan with the roast beef on the rack in the middle of the oven and the pan with the potatoes on the last rack. Roast for 20 minutes
- Remove both pans from oven. Turn beef over. Turn potatoes and generously brush with more rosemary mixture. Return to oven and roast for another 20 minutes, checking on them frequently. If roast beef is starting to look dry, cover the top loosely with aluminum foil. Let beef stand for about 10 minutes before serving. Serves 4
4 comments:
Hi, stumbled upon your blog by randomly clicking on that Blogs Updated link on the Blogger homepage. Excellent foodie blog. The beef looks fantastic. Btw, it's also good to see another Melbourne based based blog.
Thank you :)
Your site's really interesting. The weather's been so cold lately i'm seriously thinking of hibernating till it starts warming up :)
honey, for a kitchen idiot like me, this better work out for me as it did for u.
I'll try this someday!!
hey darling,
i'm sure it'll work out fine for you.
tons of love sweetie :)
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