Saturday, January 26, 2013

A beef blade roast

I made a blade roast in the oven the other day.  I usually make more tender cuts of beef in the oven, but I decided to try this cut of blade roast I bought.   I knew it had to be simmered in stock somehow and I found a simple recipe on the internet.  After roasting at a low temperature (325F) for a couple of hours, there it was, tender and juicy.  I made a gravy with the leftover broth in the pan.  The leftovers were also good for sandwiches the next day.  If you are a meat eater, have you tried roasting less tender cuts of meat?

My son K sent me this pretty instagram photo he took on the beach while we were on a trip to Jamaica.


16 comments:

Valerie-Jael said...

Sounds great, and is making me hungry. I don't often buy meat as it is too expensive. Valerie

Icy BC said...

I have not tried to roast this type of cut before, so now I will look for it at the store.

The photo is so beautiful!

Lilly said...

I love the picture, and will have to catch up on your holiday Christine. I do not eat that much meat and do not like cooking it. I tend to only eat it when out for dinner elsewhere.

Adam said...

Jamaica looks nice

Anonymous said...

I have never cooked or eaten beef blade. Sounds interesting. Tonight, I'll broil 2 rib eye steaks, steam some jasmine brown rice as well as some broccoli, and that will be dinner for David and me.

Gloria Baker said...

sounds yummy! and I love this picture of Jamaica!xo

Anonymous said...

sounds delicious, I do cook less tender cuts, lonnnng and slow, what a gorgeous photo!

Anonymous said...

I just bought short ribs at Whole Foods with plans to slow roast them in the oven. I've done this before. I brown them first, then pour in a whole bottle of red wine, a bay leave or two, some peppercorns, and bring to a boil. Put the whole thing in the oven, covered, for 3 hours. The meat is divine with carmelized onions on sandwich rolls.

Christine said...

Delaine that sounds delicious, thanks for sharing, I will have to try this.

Christine said...

sounds wonderful Gigi!

Christine said...

that's healthier anyway Valerie! In reality we only need 2 cups of lentils for the entire day.

Christine said...

glad you'll try it Icy.

Christine said...

Adam this resort was anyway.

Christine said...

thanks Gloria!

Christine said...

as I was saying to Valerie we don't need much meat at all.

Christine said...

thanks Laurie.