Perfect Sunday Dinner with mashed potatoes and gravy. I came up with a bunch of my ingredients after trying several different recipes. Some ingredients of this one, a few of this one and a few of my. It’s simple and delicious. In addition to roasting, I made this pottery, which turned out to be absolutely delicious and fun. I hope you enjoy!
Contents
Ingredients
- 4-6 lb beef bottom round roast
- 1/2 c olive oil
- 6 clove garlic
- 2 Tbsp coarse sea salt; more or less to your liking
- 2 Tbsp dried rosemary
- 1 Tbsp dried thyme
- 1 Tbsp cracked black pepper; more or less to you liking
- 2 Tbsp onion flakes, dehydrated
Directions
- Begin by setting your round roast in a roasting pan so it can come to room temperature. Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
- Using a mortar & pestle, begin grinding the garlic cloves, sea salt, rosemary, thyme, pepper & onion flake together. Add olive oil a little at a time to make a paste. Grind until well pulverized! Add as much olive oil as needed to make a semi-thin paste.
- Proceed to smear this on all surfaces of the roast. Smear a generous portion on the layer of fat, which will melt into the roast, making it oh-so-juicy & delicious. Make sure round roast is fat side up!
- For the Oven: Place roast in 450-degree oven for 20 minutes. This high heat will sear the edges & seal in the juices, making the roast tender & juicy. Immediately, your kitchen is going to smell so good! But don’t be tempted to open the oven! After 20 minutes, reduce oven temperature to 325 degrees. Roast for 1 1/2 to 2 hours, depending on how rare or done you like your beef.
For medium-rare roast: remove when internal temperature reaches 135 degrees.
Let roast stand/rest for 10-15 minutes before carving.
This allows the juices to settle within the meat, leaving it so tender! The internal temperature will rise approx. 10-15 degrees while it is resting so, keep that in mind regarding how well or how rare you like your beef. This is a great time to start your gravy. - Cook in the Crock Pot: Follow same instructions in steps 1, 2 and 3.
Low setting; allow 6-8 hours, or until the roast literally falls apart.
High setting; allow 4-6 hours, or until it literally falls apart.
After removing roast, mix 1-3 tablespoons of flour with drippings (depending on how much your round roast has yielded) and set on high until it reaches gravy consistency.