May 12, 2010

Holiday Beef Roast

"For-a-Crowd" Recipes, beef, Christmas, holiday, roast

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52 ratings

Prep time: 16 minutes
Baking time: 70 minutes
Servings: 8
Partner: Delmonico Potatoes

This recipe was one Grandma clipped from the newspaper. We liked it so much, she passed the recipe on to Mother.

Ingredients

3/4 cup ketchup
3/4 cup almond-flavored liqueur, or a mixture of 3 tablespoons almond paste and 3/4 cup apple juice
1/3 cup currant jelly
1/2 teaspoon hot pepper sauce
1 (3-pound) beef sirloin roast, 1 1/2 to 2 inches thick
1 1/2 teaspoons garlic pepper

Directions

1

For the sauce, combine ketchup, liqueur, currant jelly and hot pepper sauce in a medium saucepan and mix well. Bring just to a boil, stirring continually to blend. Remove from heat. Cover to keep warm.
2

For the beef, preheat oven to 350°F. Spray a roasting pan with nonstick cooking spray. Heat over high heat. Rub the surface of the beef with garlic pepper.
3

Sear beef in hot pan, turning frequently, until browned on all sides. Roast in oven until an instant-read thermometer inserted in the center of beef registers 145°F for medium-rare, about 1 hour. Turn off the oven.
4

Remove the beef from the oven. Spoon the desired amount of sauce over the beef. Return the beef to the oven. Let stand with oven door closed for 10 minutes.
5

Transfer the beef to a serving platter and slice into desired thickness. Reheat the remaining sauce, if necessary, and serve warm with the beef.

Grandma's Secret Trick

When our resourceful grandma didn't have currant jelly, she sometimes substituted cherry or strawberry jelly. She sometimes used grape jelly, too. The resulting sauce didn't have the same pretty red color, but it tasted just as good.