French roast beef

Name: French roast beef
Total time: 93600 s
Yield: 4-6 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 6-7 lbs roast rib, beef; Olive oil; Vinegar; Salt; Pepper; Flour; Water

Thomas Harrington @ChefTomakazi88

Belchertown, Massachusetts, United States

Need I say more this is a recipe I enjoy making from Thomas Jefferson‘s cookbook tons of historic recipes very very good simple fair so try this one out let me know what you think and I’ll share more not that I’m not going to anyway

Thomas Harrington @ChefTomakazi88

Belchertown, Massachusetts, United States

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Ingredients

26 hrs

4-6 servings

6-7 lbsroast rib, beef
Olive oil
Vinegar
Salt
Pepper
Flour
Water

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Steps

26 hrs

1

Take the roast and soak it in a vinegar, oil brine (see note)
2

Allow to sit 12-24 hrs in brine, put it in the roasting pan, dust it with salt, pepper, and a little flour then put in a hot oven (recipe doesn’t call for a specific temp.)
3

Roast for 1 1/2 hrs. Basting it four to five times. 1/2 C. Of water may be added
4

Place roast on a platter, skim off fat, and pour gravy over roast
5

Slice and enjot
6

BRINE: in a deep pot lay one bay leaf on it along with 3 sprigs of parsley and 3 sliced onions. Pour over 3/4 C. Olive oil and 3/4 C. Vinegar, let sit