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Oven Temperature:  Gas mark 4, 180°C, 350°F

Cooking Time:  Between 40 and 60 minutes

Cooking Time Details:  Rare 20 minutes per 450g/½kg (1lb) plus 20 minutes; Medium 25 minutes per 450g/½kg(1lb) plus 25 minutes; Well done 30 minutes per 450g/½kg (1lb) plus 30 minutes

Ingredients:

Lean boned and rolled beef sirloin, rib or topside joint. (Allow100g (4oz) per person for boneless and 225g (8oz) per person for bone-in joints)

900g Potatoes, peeled and cut into large chunks

3 Red onions, peeled and halved

8-10 Garlic cloves, with skin on

1tbsp Oil

150ml Port

4tbsp Cranberry sauce

1 tbsp Gravy granules

Method:

Preheat the oven. Weigh and calculate the cooking time for the beef. Place onto a rack in a roasting tin and open roast for the calculated time. Place the potatoes, onions and garlic cloves in a separate tray and drizzle with the oil (the quantity will serve about 6-8). Roast at the same time as the beef, or for slightly less time if cooking a large joint. After 30 minutes, remove the garlic. Squeeze the roasted garlic out of their skins and place in a saucepan. Add the port and cranberry sauce. Heat until the cranberry sauce has melted. Twenty minutes before the end of the cooking time, glaze the joint with a couple of spoonful’s of the glaze. Repeat during the last 10 minutes. When the joint is cooked remove from the roasting tin and add 300ml (½pt) water or stock to the pan, stirring to remove any crispy bits. Pour the stock into the saucepan with the remaining glaze, bring to the boil and add the gravy granules. Heat for 1-2 minutes until the gravy is thickened.

Serve the beef with the roasted potatoes, port and cranberry gravy and seasonal green vegetables.

Nutritional Analysis per 100g / Per portion:

Energy 433kJ / 1338 kJ

Protein 9g / 27g

Carbohydrate 11g / 33g

of which sugars 4g / 11g

Fat 2g / 7g

of which saturates 0.7g / 2g

Dietary fibre 1g / 3g

Salt 0.2g / 0.5g

Iron 0.8mg / 2mg

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