Sometimes the simplest recipes are the best. This is certainly true of our roasted rib-eye beef recipe. It calls for only a few good quality, fresh ingredients and is very easy to make, even if you don’t have a lot of experience in the kitchen.
What you need for this tasty recipe
Rib eye is the cut chosen for this mouthwatering recipe. It comes from the front part of the cow. This particular area is not worked too hard, so when cooked, a rib eye cut will be beautifully tender and flavourful too.
The only other ingredients you need for this roasted beef dish are thyme and sage to add a herby flavour and vegetables. We’ve suggested small whole parsnips and carrots here for their distinctive taste.
It’s healthy, nutritious and ethical too!
What you’ll love about this recipe is that it makes a healthy and satisfying family meal.
Beef is a great choice to get your fill of B vitamins and minerals like zinc to boost your immune system and iron to help oxygenate the blood.
We also suggest that you reach for free-range beef for this recipe. That’s because not only will you end up with tastier and healthier meat, but you’ll also be supporting sustainable and ethical farming.
Free-range cattle are free to roam and eat their natural diet of grass, just as they would in the wild.
Free-range beef means the fat content is lower, the nutrient content is higher, and the meat you feed your family is free of added hormones and antibiotics.
It’s also the obvious choice to show your support for ethical farming that prizes high standards of animal welfare.
Serving suggestions and substitutions
Serve this recipe for a family meal with as many roast vegetables as you like. While we’ve suggested parsnips and carrots, you can add varieties of your choice.
You may also want to throw in some roast potatoes to give this recipe a “traditional Sunday roast” flavour.
Most beef roasts do not need to be tied, but some cuts like rib eye/scotch fillet benefit from it. Tying it gives the beef roast a compact shape, which helps it cook evenly and slice easily.
Ingredients
- 1.5 kilogram Rib eye/scotch fillet piece
- Fresh thyme sprigs, and fresh sage leaves
- Roasted vegetables (small whole parsnips and carrots, to serve)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 200ºC. If you have time, tie the beef with individual pieces of string at 5cm intervals (you can also get your butcher to do this). Brush the beef roast lightly with oil and sear it on all sides over a moderately-high heat until evenly browned.
- Season the beef with pepper and salt and rub the fresh herbs over it. Tuck a few sage leaves under the string.
- Place the beef on a rack in a roasting dish. Add a little water to the roasting dish (about ½ cup). Roast for 60 minutes for rare, 75 minutes for medium and 90 minutes for well done. For ease and accuracy use a meat thermometer.
- Remove the beef roast, cover loosely with foil and rest it for 20 minutes before carving.
- Serve with roasted vegetables.
Notes
- Judging your roast’s degree of doneness using a meat thermometer. The internal temperature of the meat should be: Rare – 55-60ºC, Medium – 65-70ºC, Well done – 75ºC.
- You can also use tongs to test the roast’s doneness. Gently prod or squeeze the roast – rare is very soft, medium rare is soft, medium is springy but soft, medium well is firm and well done is very firm.
- Most beef roasts don’t need to be tied, but some cuts like rib eye/scotch fillet and eye fillet/tenderloin benefit from it. Tying it gives the beef roast a compact shape, which helps it cook evenly and slice easily. It also gives you the chance to tuck in some extra flavour. Slide in some fresh oregano, rosemary or a few fresh bay leaves or under the string if you prefer in place of thyme or sage.
Only the best will do
At Church Street Butcher, we believe that only the best will do. That means that we only select the freshest, healthiest free-range beef and other meats so we can pass on the benefits to our customers.
So for the best butcher in Melbourne for quality and convenience, come and see us or order online.
We offer free delivery on orders over $80 to Brighton and the surrounding Bayside suburbs to make your shopping experience even easier.
Think of us as your local free-range butcher, where quality is always our number one priority.
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