Perfect Roast Beef with Chocolate
This is a rich and full-of-flavour roast beef recipe.
- Prep time
- 5 min
- Cook time
- 50 min
- Yield
- 6 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp ground coriander
- 1 tsp unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 tsp minced garlic
- 0.5-1 tsp chipotle powder
- Salt to taste
- 2 tbsp oil
- 1.5 kg (3.3lb) roasting joint (topside is a good choice)
Instructions
- 1
Preheat oven to highest setting.
- 2
Combine all the ingredients from paprika to oil and mix into a paste
- 3
Add beef to a roasting tray, and rub chocolate spiced paste all over
- 4
Add beef to preheated oven.
- 5
Reduce oven to fan assisted 210C / 230C / 450 F / gas 8 and roast for 20 mins.
- 6
Then turn down to fan assisted 160C / 180C / 350F / gas 4 (if you open the oven door for a few seconds it cools faster).
- 7
Cook for about 10 minutes per 500g/1.1lb if you want it rare.
- 8
Check with your thermometer when it should be done. It will be about 50C / 122F in the middle (rare), 60C / 140F (medium) and 70C /158F (well done). A few degrees each side doesn’t matter.
- 9
Take out of oven and leave in a warm place to rest.