Roast sirloin with Yorkshire puddings
(from Elyce123’s recipe box)
Source: delicious. November 2004
Prep time: 60 minutes
Cook time: 90 minutes
Serves 6 people
Categories: November
Ingredients
- 2kg piece boned and rolled sirloin beef
- beef dripping, softened, or olive oil
- 225g plain flour, plus 1 tsp
- 600ml good beef stock, preferably home-made
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 4 medium eggs
- 300ml milk
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 240˚C/fan 220˚C/gas 9, or as high as it will go.
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Rub the outside of the joint with the beef dripping or olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Place in a roasting tin and cook in the oven for 15 minutes until nicely browned all over. Then lower the oven temperature to 190˚C/fan 170˚C/gas 5 and cook the required time (20 minutes per 500g).
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Half an hour before the beef is ready, make the Yorkshire pudding batter. Sift 225g flour and salt into a bowl. Make a well in the centre and break in the eggs. In a jug, mix the milk with 300ml cold water. Using a hand-held electric whisk, gradually beat half of the milk mixture to make a batter with the consistency of double cream. Leave to stand for 30 minutes.
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Remove the beef from the oven and turn the oven temperature back up to 220˚C/fan 200˚C/gas 7. Lift the beef onto a carving board and loosely cover with a sheet of foil. Leave it somewhere warm (ideally on the top of the hob) to rest for 30 minutes.
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Put some fat from the tin into the holes of a 12-hole large muffin tin. Put in the oven for 5 minutes until smoking hot (drops of batter should sizzle immediately when dropped in it). Remove carefully, pour in enough batter to fill the holes three-quarters full and return to the oven for 25-30 minutes or until puffed up and golden.
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Meanwhile, make the gravy. Pour away any excess fat from the roasting tin. Place the roasting tin directly over a medium heat on the hob and sprinkle with the remaining flour. Stir well with a small whisk, then add a little stock and stir again, scraping the base to release the juices. Add the rest of the stock and simmer until reduced to a well-flavoured gravy. Strain into a small saucepan, season, and keep hot.
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Uncover the beef and add any juices from the carving tray to the gravy. carve the beef as thinly as you can and serve with the Yorkshire puddings, gravy, horseradish sauce and some English mustard.