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August 15, 2004

Beef Rib Roast

Found a nice 4 pound rib roast today at the commissary - thought I'd make a special dinner since Andy and August go off to their respective universities tomorrow.
I decided to try something a little different. I had a recipe where you marinate the beef roast for a couple of hours and then smear a kosher salt and water paste all over the roast.
I don't have time for a marinade, so I am trying this out -
2 cups of coarse kosher salt.
1/3 cup olive oil (I always use extra virgin)
fresh basil leaves
fresh thyme
fresh marjoram
a bunch of garlic cloves
freshly ground pepper.

I put them all in the food processor until they were smashed up together.

Spread it all over the roast. Cooking it at 325 for about 20 to 25 minutes to the pound.

I'll keep you informed. The salt and herb paste looks green - I don't know if that will change or not.

Update:

Yum. The greenish color of the salt went away with roasting. It is important to brush the salt away before serving.
The roast was super tender and very tasty!

In fact, I would be proud to serve it for company - if Tammi or anyone else is ever in town!

Posted by Beth at August 15, 2004 05:08 PM