For my 20th meal, I was lucky enough to make a cut of meat I normally can’t afford. I was visiting my parents and a bit before they had actually won a prime rib roast in a local raffle. I couldn’t miss this opportunity so we went for a traditional English holiday dinner with prime rib, yorkshire pudding, gravy and mash potatoes (to add some other vegetables we also made carrots and broccoli.
I again went to one of my favourite resources for this, Joshua Weissman, who's recipe was essentially seasoning the meat long before cooking, then reverse searing the roast. This entails cooking the roast low and slow until it hits the right internal temperature (118⁰F) and then taking the roast out and letting it rest for 30 minutes (meanwhile turning up the oven as hot as it will go) then throwing it in the oven for 15 mins to get a nice sear on the outside.
For the rest of the meal, a gravy was then made with beef broth and the little drippings that came from the roast. I made a yorkshire pudding batter and baked these (you put oil in the muffin tins while the oven is preheating which helps them puff up. My parents helped me put the meal together by steaming the carrots and broccoli as well as making the mashed potatoes.
I was so happy with the cook on the prime rib, it was cooked to the perfect medium rare, it was flavourful and melted in your mouth(honestly might have been the best tasting/cooked meat I’ve ever made). Of course we had to have some horseradish to go along with it too! All the supporting cast turned out great as well! I could have eaten 5 of those yorkshire puddings easily.
This meal was really tasty, but it was also a really nice time cooking/sharing a great meal with my parents and getting to spend some quality time with them.
Thanks again for reading, the updated map and pictures can be found below. Hope to see you again next meal.
Cheers,
Brandon
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