Roast forerib

Name: Roast forerib
Yield: To Serve Six
Cuisine: United Kingdom
Ingredients: water or stock, either home-made or made with a stock cube; salt and pepper; water or stock, either home-made or made with a stock cube; 50 g (2 oz) butter or beef dripping; 50 g (2 oz) butter or beef dripping; 2 tablespoons oil; salt and pepper; 1.8 kg (4 lb) of forerib on the bone

Preparation info

To Serve
Six

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

British Cooking

By Caroline Conran

Published 1978

About

If possible cook forerib on the bone as this helps to make it really full of flavour and juice. It is delicious for any lunchtime family feast; everybody appreciates a really good piece of roast beef.

Ingredients

1.8 kg (4 lb) of forerib on the bone
50 g (2

Europe
United Kingdom
Lunch
Gluten-free

Method

Preheat the oven to 220°C, 425°F, Gas Mark 7. Put the beef in a roasting tin, fat-side upwards and coat it all over with butter or dripping. Pour on the oil and put the meat in the oven.

Baste it frequently while it