Rosbif

A while ago I found a lovely rib of beef on offer, so I grabbed it and put it in the freezer. Now was its time :)
I roasted it rare.
Made roast potatoes with beef dripping.
Made yorkshire pudding.
Carrots.
Gravy, using pan juices.
It was really lovely. I hadn't had roast beef for a very long time, and this was delicious. Deeply savoury, and with yorkshires and crispy/fluffy potatoes and carrots - really sweet, crunchy, sumptuous. What a treat.

Beef pie

Marinaded the beef overnight in red wine, rosemary, thyme, bay.
Then cooked onions, removed them from the pan, then tossed the beef in flour, and browned in the pan. Added marinade and herbs, some more wine and little water. And mushrooms. Cooked on the stove for about an hour.

I had some puff pastry in the freezer from making the sausage rolls the other week, so we defrosted that and it was ready to go. Brilliant.

I let the pie filling cool completely before putting the pastry over the top. Baked in a 200C oven for 40 minutes.
Unfortunately the bubbling gravy found a gap round the edge, and spilled out  a bit. No great horrors, but would have been better not to happen.

Served with some celeriac & potato mash and curly kale.

YUM.