Roast Beef and Gravy

Name: Roast Beef and Gravy
Cuisine: Scottish
Ingredients: ½ turnip (or swede in England!), peeled and roughly chopped; ½ turnip (or swede in England!), peeled and roughly chopped; freshly ground black pepper; ¼ beef stock cube; 1.5 kg sirloin; 1 tsp salt; 2 tsp English mustard; 1 onion, roughly chopped; 1 red onion, roughly chopped; 2 carrots, peeled and roughly chopped

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Gloagburn

By Alison Niven

Published 2025

About

Everyone has their way of roasting beef, and this is mine. We’re very proud of the beef that we produce on the farm, and there’s no better way to showcase it than in a simple roast. I always use sirloin and roast it on a bed of veg, then make a very simple farmhouse gravy out of the juices.

Ingredients

1.5 kg sirloin
1 tsp salt
2 tsp

United Kingdom
Main course
Scotland
Gluten-free

Method

Preheat the oven to 220°C/200°C fan/gas mark 7. Get the beef out of the fridge at least 30 minutes before you plan to cook it to let it come to room temperature.
Rub the beef all over with the salt and plenty of freshly ground black pepper, then rub in