Roast Prime Rib Au Poivre With Mixed Peppercorns Recipes

Steps:

• Let rib roast stand at room temperature 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 500°F.
• Make crust:
• In a small bowl combine crust ingredients, stirring to form a paste.
• Pat beef dry and sprinkle with salt and pepper. In a roasting pan roast beef, ribs side down, 30 minutes. Transfer beef to a platter and discard remaining drippings.
• Reduce oven temperature to 350°F. Return beef to roasting pan, ribs side down, and spread with peppercorn paste. Roast beef 1 to 1 1/4 hours more, or until a meat thermometer inserted in fleshy section registers 135°F. for medium-rare meat.
• Transfer beef to a cutting board and discard strings if necessary. Let beef stand, covered loosely, at least 20 minutes and up to 30 minutes before carving.
• Make sauce:
• Skim fat from drippings in roasting pan. To pan add wine and deglaze over moderately high heat, scraping up brown bits. Boil mixture until reduced by about half and transfer to a saucepan. Add broth and boil 5 minutes.
• In a small bowl dissolve cornstarch in Worcestershire sauce and water and add to pan in a stream, whisking. Bring sauce to a boil, whisking, and boil 1 minutes. Season sauce with salt and pepper.
• Garnish rib roast and serve with sauce.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Trim fat off the beef and place in a shallow roasting pan. Stir together mustard and garlic in a small bowl and spread on top of the beef. Sprinkle with pepper.
• Roast uncovered in the preheated oven until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the center reads 150 degrees F (65 degrees C), 2 to 3 hours. Remove from oven, cover with foil, and let stand for 15 minutes.

Steps:

• Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 450 degrees.
• Place beef, fat side up, in a shallow roasting pan. Sprinkle beef with salt.
• Mix mustard and garlic in a small bowl. Spread mustsard mixture over top of beef. Sprinkle 2 T. crushed peppercorns over mustard mixture.
• Roast beef 15 minutes. Reduce heat to 325 degrees. Roast until meat thermometer inserted in center of roast registers 125 degrees for medium-rare, tenting loosely with foil if crust browns too quickly, about 2 hours and 45 minutes. Transfer beef to platter; tent with foil to keep warm and rest.
• Meanwhile, pour pan juices into a 2-cup glass measuring cup (do not clean pan). Freeze pan juices for 10 minutes. Spoon fat off top of pan juices, returning 1 T. fat to roasting pan. Reserve juices.
• Melt fat in same roasting pan over medium-high heat. Add shallots and saute until tender, scraping up any browned bits from bottom of pan, about 2 minutes. Remove pan from heat. Add canned beef broth, then Cognac (be careful, liquid may ignite). Return pan to heat and boil until liquid is reduced to 2 cups, about 15 minutes. Add pan juices and remaining 1 t. crushed peppercorns. Transfer pan juices to sauceboat.
• Carve roast and serve with juices.