Roast Beef With Glazed Onions And Worcestershire Gravy

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 3 large onions, sliced thin
• 1 (1 lb) can tomato, crushed and drained in a sieve
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 3 lbs tied boneless beef rib roast, at room temperature (use bones for soup)
• 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
• 1 cup beef broth
• 1 cup water
• 2 tablespoons worcestershire sauce

Recipe

• 1 place rack in middle of oven.
• 2 preheat to 450f.
• 3 in a roasting pan, combine well the onions, tomatoes, oil and 1/2 cup of water.
• 4 season to taste and roast for 10 minutes.
• 5 season beef; give onions and tomatoes a stir and place beef on top of the vegetables; roast 15 minutes longer.
• 6 reduce temperature to 350f and roast beef for 36 minutes longer (12 minutes more per pound), or until a meat thermometer registers 135f for medium-rare meat.
• 7 transfer to a cutting-board and let stand 30 minutes.
• 8 transfer ¾ of onion mixture to a bowl and reserve, keeping warm, covered.
• 9 to the mixture remaining in the pan, add flour and cook over moderate heat, stirring, for 3 minutes.
• 10 whisk in broth, water, worcestershire sauce and any juices that may have accumulated on cutting board and simmer, whisking and scraping up browned bits, for 10 minutes.
• 11 transfer to a small pan and skim off fat.
• 12 just before serving, carve beef, arrange on platter with reserved onion mixture.
• 13 serve with gravy.