brandied sirloin tip roast

I picked up a roast on sale when i was grocery shopping, and since we had family over for dinner, we decided to to cook it up. i cooked it to the level of doneness that I enjoy (medium-rare), and I must say that it was yummy! I Even made a tasty gravy with the pan drippings!

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1/4 cup brandy
• 1/4 cup apple juice
• 1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1 3 1/2-pound boneless beef sirloin tip roast

Preparation:

• For marinade, combine oil, brandy, apple juice, Worcestershire sauce, garlic, and pepper.
• Place beef in a plastic bag set into a shallow dish.
• Pour marinade over beef.
• Close bag.
• Marinate in refrigerator 8 hours or overnight, turning bag several times to distribute marinade.
• Drain beef, reserving marinade.
• pre-heat oven to 475C.
• put roast in a roadting pan (on a rack) and pour half over the marinade over the roast
• add waster to pan until the bottom of the pan is covered.
• put roast in oven and immediately drop temperature down to 400C
• Cook until desired doness...
• about 1 hour for rare 140°F (60°C), 1 1/2 medium 160°F (71°C), or 2 hours for well-done 170°F (77°C)...
• baste with remainer of mariante half way through (add water to pan if necessary)
• Transfer beef to a serving platter. Let stand 15 minutes before carving.

Note:

• put a meat thermometer in the roast, that was you can see the temperature (doneness)
• make gravy from the drippings... sieve the dippings from the pan, add some flour and whisk.. heat it up!

Prepared: 2011-01-15

Categories: Beef