So it was finally cooler today. Cloudy and a bit drizzly. Which called for a roast Sunday dinner. I didn’t want anything too crazy, so when I saw a 3lb pepper crusted roast for only $12 at the store, I decided to grab it for dinner. But an eye of round is not the best cut. Its too lean and doesn’t have enough marbling to make for a nice roast. So after a bit of digging, I came across this recipe on The Domestic Man.
He seemed to be, at first, as pessimistic about the recipe as I was. But after reading how well it turned out and how pleased he was with it, I thought it wouldn’t hurt anything to try. If it came out uncooked…. well there is a McDonalds and an A&W close.
I had to do a bit of finagling since my oven hates me and refuses to heat properly. I cooked it for an extra 10-15 minutes since I wasn’t sure it was getting to 500F that is called for. (In the recipe below, times reflect the recipe on the Domestic Man site.)
I used a pre-seasoned pepper crust roast, but if the roast had been plain, I would have made a herb n’ garlic mix and smeared all over the roast first. I added a bit of liquid and veggies to my recipe, but mostly because I believe gravy is a pertinent and very critical food group. The meat came out perfectly cooked and very tender!
Roast Eye of Round
Ingredients
- 3 lb seasoned eye of round roast
In the bottom of a dutch oven place
- 1 onion cut into rings
- 12 crimini mushrooms
- 1 sliced leek
- 2 c beef stock
- Sprigs of fresh oregano
- Course salt
- Fresh ground pepper
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 500F
- Take the roast and place on top of the veggies.
- Cook for 25 minutes. UNCOVERED! (Or cook at 500F for 7 min a pound)
- Turn off the oven.
- Don't be tempted to peek or open the door! Just leave it alone and let it sit in there for another 2 1/2 hours.
- Remove from the pot, wrap in tinfoil and set aside to rest.
- Scoop the veggies out of the pot and pour the liquid into a smaller saucepot.
- Make gravy as preferred. (I add some water, S&P, paprika, dried oregano and thicken it.)
- (The roast I did came out at 136F - a medium rare.)