ANGUS BEEF with PEPPERY GRAVY SAUCE

What will you do when you have a 12 lbs US Prime Angus Beef sitting in your fridge? Chef Cherry will say – thaw it, season it and soft roast to perfection! Sounds carnivorous but this dish makes use of Angus beef wisely by simply seasoning and soft roasting that gives juicy, beefy flavored, tendered meat to ones delight.

For this dish you need a whole slab of Angus Beef (7 kg); 15g Knorr Aromat Powder, 15g McCormick Peppermill. For the Peppery Gravy Sauce – 120g Knorr Braten Sauce, 195g Roast beef drippings, 200g Magnolia buttercup, 260g All Purpose flour and 4kg water.

Remove frozen Angus Beef from packaging and place in tray/food pan, thaw frozen Angus Beef in chiller for 1 day (24 hours); internal temperature of meat after thawing should be at least 5^oC. Avoid thawing under running water as not to wash off meat juices and flavor. After thawing, wash beef to remove blood drippings, and then completely drain until no water drippings observed.

Marinate thawed Angus beef by sprinkling and rubbing off combined peppermill and aromat powder on beef until slab is completely covered. Wrap marinated beef with plastic wrap and marinate inside chiller for 24 hours. After marinating, soft roast Angus beef until 50^oC internal temperature is obtained. Transfer in serving dish, slice according to desired thickness and serve with peppery gravy sauce on side.

For Peppery Gravy Sauce – collect drippings from roasted Angus beef, set aside. Using heavy sauce pan, melt butter over medium heat (do not burn butter). Dump in flour and stir quickly into butter; the butter and flour will form a scrambled egg-like mixture. Cook and stir flour – butter mixture for about 5 minutes to dry out slightly and achieve a golden brown color (do not burn mixture) to create a golden roux, where the flour has just been cooked. Pour in Braten mix sauce and water; bring to boil over medium heat for 25 minutes and/or until boiling with continuous stirring. Add roast beef drippings and simmer for 5 minutes until sauce slightly thickens. Transfer into serving dish.

Bon Appetite!