Roast beef with apple crust

Name: Roast beef with apple crust
Cook time: 4 h 30 min
Total time: 4 h 30 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 1.5 kg Roast beef; 7-10 Tbsp Salt; 1 1/2 TABLESPOONS freshly ground pepper; 2 TABLESPOONS clarified butter; 40 g peeled, dried apple slices; 1 collar Thyme; 1 TABLESPOON medium hot mustard; 2 TEASPOONS Apple Jelly; 50 g soft butter; 25 g White bread crumbs or breadcrumbs

AUTHOR
Brooke Calhoun

DIFFICULTY
easy

RATING

COOK TIME
270 mins

TOTAL TIME
270 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 6

1.5 kg Roast beef
7-10 Tbsp Salt
1 1/2 TABLESPOONS freshly ground pepper
2 TABLESPOONS clarified butter
40 g peeled, dried apple slices
1 collar Thyme
1 TABLESPOON medium hot mustard
2 TEASPOONS Apple Jelly
50 g soft butter
25 g White bread crumbs or breadcrumbs

Directions

1
Wash the meat and pat dry, cut off fat and tendons. Season meat with salt and pepper. Heat lard in a flat roasting pan. Fry the meat in it over a high heat for 6-8 minutes. Put the meat in the roaster into the preheated oven (electric cooker: 80 °C/ convection oven and gas: unsuitable) and roast for approx. 4 1⁄2 hours
2
Chop apple slices, mix with 100 ml lukewarm water and leave to stand for approx. 30 minutes. Wash the thyme, shake dry. Pluck the leaves from the stalks and chop them, except for a little to garnish. Mix mustard, apple jelly, thyme, butter and white bread crumbs. Put apples on a sieve, drain and squeeze out a little. Knead the apples and 1 tbsp. coarsely ground pepper into the butter mixture, season with a little salt and after approx. 2 hours frying time spread on the roast beef
3
Remove the roast beef and let it rest for a short time. Then cut into thin slices, arrange on a plate and garnish with thyme. Serve with remoulade and a salad