Easy roast beef

This easy roast beef recipe with carrots and a simple gravy is ideal for a stunning Sunday dinner for the family. It takes just 15 minutes to prepare.

Ingredients

• 1 tsp plain flour
• 1 tsp mustard powder
• 950g beef top rump joint (see tip below)
• 1 onion, cut into 8 wedges
• 500g carrots, halved lengthways

For the gravy

• 1 tbsp plain flour
• 250ml beef stock

Directions

Method

• STEP 1

  Heat oven to 240C/220C fan/gas 9.

• STEP 2

  Mix 1 tsp plain flour and 1 tsp mustard powder with some seasoning, then rub all over the 950g beef top rump joint.

• STEP 3

  Put 1 onion, cut into 8 wedges, and 500g carrots, halved lengthways, into a roasting tin and sit the beef on top, then cook for 20 mins.

• STEP 4

  Reduce oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 5 and continue to cook the beef for 30 mins if you like it rare, 40 mins for medium and 1 hr for well done.

• STEP 5

  Remove the beef and carrots from the oven, place onto warm plates or platters and cover with foil to keep warm.

• STEP 6

  Let the beef rest for 30 mins while you turn up the oven to cook your Yorkshire puds and finish the potatoes.

• STEP 7

  For the gravy, put the tin with all the meat juices and onions back onto the hob.

• STEP 8

  Stir in 1 tbsp plain flour, scraping all the stuck bits off the bottom of the tin. Cook for 30 seconds, then slowly stir in 250ml beef stock, little by little.

• STEP 9

  Bubble to a nice gravy, season, then serve with the beef, carved into slices, carrots and all the other trimmings.