English Roast Beef

[Meat and Offal]

2.3kg/5lb sirloin or rib roast beef

a little dry English mustard

salt and freshly ground black pepper

1. Weigh the beef and calculate cooking time (see stage 5 below).

2. Preheat oven to 220°C/425°F/Gas mark 7.

3. Place the beef in a roasting tin and sprinkle with salt, a little mustard and plenty of pepper.

4. Roast in the oven for 20 minutes.

5. Turn the oven temperature down to 160°C/325°F/Gas mark 3 and roast for 20 minutes per 450g/1lb for medium meat or 10-15 minutes for very rare.