INGREDIENTS

• Good quality sea salt

• Manor Farm Beef top side roasting joint

• 1 onion roughly chopped

• 2 carrots, chopped

• 1 celery chopped

• few spigs of thyme

• 2 x bayleaf

• few sprigs of rosemary

• few sprigs of sage

• A few black peppercorns

For the gravy

• 1 dessert spoon of tomato purre

• 500 ml good quality beef stock

• good splash of red wine

HOW WE MAKE IT

• STEP 1

  Remove the joint from the fridge, pat it dry and bring up to room temperature.

• STEP 2

  Preheat your oven to 210’c for fan assisted ot 230’c for ovens without a fan (gas 8) , get out a heavy based roasting tray, ideally with deep sides and handles.

• STEP 3

  Season the meat with sea salt.

• STEP 4

  Make a trivet in the roasting tray by roughly chopping equal amounts of onion, celery and carrots and a bay leaf, sprig of thyme, rosemary, sage and a few black peppercorns.

• STEP 5

  Place the beef fat side up onto the trivet which should line the base of the tray.

• STEP 6

  Place in the centre of the oven and roast for 20 minutes, then reduce the temperature to 160’c or 180’c without a fan (gas 4). Continue roasting for 12-15 minutes per 500g reaching a core temperature of 52’c before resting for a medium rare join.

• STEP 7

  Remove from the oven, put onto a clean tray and cover in foil to keep warm. Rest for 20 minutes before carving, leaving the roasted vegetables in the tray for the gravy.

• STEP 8

  For the gravy, make up 500ml of beef stock, then deglaze the roasting tray with the red wine stirring all the caramelised juices from the tray, then add the stock. Next, pass through a fine sieve pushing all the juices from the vegetables into a clean saucepan. Bring to a simmer and add the tomato pure and thicken if required by whisking in a teaspoon of cornflour mixed with a little cold water and reduce until you get a rich glossy gravy.

• STEP 8

  Serve with roast potatoes, Yorkshire pudding and vegetables of your choice. Tracklements strong cream Horseradish is an excellent condiment to accompany this dish!