Beef – Roasting Joints off the Bone
Fillet Roast
The ultimate in luxury roasts, fantastic flavour and very lean. It is the centre cut of the fillet and can either be cooked as a roast or you can use it to cut your own fillet steaks. This is a joint best cooked rare and sliced thinly.
Striploin
This is a basic boned sirloin. It is well marbled and has a good level of cover on the outside to give it great flavour. Also if you like to cut you own sirloin steaks so that you can define the thickness yourself, choose this joint as it is what we cut sirloin steaks from.
Rolled Sirloin
The rolled sirloin is the striploin rolled and tied using the mysterious butcher’s knot. Rolling the striploin allows for the juices to remain in the joint and gives nice round slices when carving.
Rolled Sirloin with undercut
When the sirloin includes the undercut it means that the rump end of the sirloin roast is boned and rolled so that it contains both the sirloin and the rump fillet, the two best cuts, combining tenderness and great taste.
Rolled Rib Roast
This is cut from the fore rib and boned and rolled resulting in a tasty joint that is more economical than a rolled sirloin.
Rib Eye Roast
The centre of the fore rib muscle, this joint is the same cut as the rib eye steak. It has the same generous seam of fat running through the centre which melts away when cooking to give a fantastic tasting joint.
Topside
Probably the big favourite of all the roasts, this is a lean joint but as it comes from the hard working hind muscles it is not as tender as the rib and sirloin joints – it has great flavour though cook it rare and slice it thin!
Silverside
Again from the hind muscles, this is a good pot roasting joint. It is extremely lean so the method of cooking requires a constant baste.
Beef Joint Cooking Times
Minutes / pound Minutes / kilo |
Gas Mark °C °F |
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Rare | 10/lb + 20 mins 25/kg + 20 mins |
Gas 6 200 °C 400 °F |
Rest for up to 30 minutes after cooking |
Medium | 15/lb + 20 mins 35/kg + 20 mins |
Gas 6 200 °C 400 °F |
Rest for up to 30 minutes after cooking |
Well Done | 20/lb + 20 mins 45/kg + 20 mins |
Gas 6 200 °C 400 °F |
Rest for up to 30 minutes after cooking |