Yearling beef rib-eye roast with mushrooms, mash & gravy

Serves:
8
Preparation Time:
15 mins
Cooking Time:
2 hours
Ingredients:
- 1.5 kg Tasman yearling beef rib-eye roast
- 1 tbsp chopped fresh rosemary
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp freshly ground black pepper
- 8 brown potatoes, peeled, washed and halved
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 500g white mushrooms, quartered
- 4 tbsp butter
- 1 tbsp all-purpose flour
- 1 cup beef stock
- 1 tbsp tomato paste
- 3 tbsp milk
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Method:
- Preheat oven to 175°C.
- In a small bowl mix together rosemary, garlic, salt and pepper; spread evenly over surface of roast. Place roast, fat-side-up on a rack in a shallow roasting pan. Place pan in the center of the oven, and cook for 40 minutes.
- Toss mushrooms with oil, salt and pepper and add to the pan, stirring to coat with meat juices. Return pan to oven and continue to cook for 1 hour.
- Mix together butter and flour and set aside.
- Add potatoes to a large saucepan of boiling salted water for 20 minutes. Drain potatoes very well and mash the potatoes with a potato masher. Then use a wooden spoon to beat further. Add milk, salt and pepper, butter and stir until the potatoes are smooth. Set aside.
- Remove roast, let sit 15 minutes before carving. Transfer mushrooms to a serving platter. Pour the pan juices into a small saucepan and skim off the fat.
- Pour beef stock into pan juices, bring to a boil and let cook for 3 minutes. Lower heat, add flour mixture and tomato paste and whisk gently to absorb.
- Carve beef and serve with gravy, mushrooms and mashed potatoes.