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Ingredients
Roast Beef with Baked Garlic and Tomato Sauce
- For the roast beef
- 1 kilogram Beef fillet (center-cut)
- 1 Tbsp clarified butter
- salt
- freshly ground peppers
- 1 garlic clove
- 1 lemon
- For the tomato sauce
- 1 sm can peeled Tomatoes
- 1 Tbsp Tomato paste
- 3 Tbsps olive oil
- 1 shallot
- 1 garlic clove
- salt
- freshly ground peppers
- 1 pinch sugar
- Tabasco sauce
Remove individual cloves from garlic bulb. Do not peel.
For the roast beef, rub beef with salt and pepper. Heat clarified butter in a pan and sear beef fillet on all sides over high heat. Place beef and unpeeled garlic cloves on a greased baking sheet. Bake in preheated oven at 200°C (approximately 400°F) for about 25 minutes.
Turn oven temperature to "off." Open oven door and let beef rest in open oven for a few minutes.
For the tomato sauce, heat olive oil in a pan and sauté finely chopped shallot until translucent. Squeeze baked garlic clove from peel into pan. Mash garlic with a fork and stir and let cook briefly. Add canned tomato with juice. Stir in tomato paste and season with salt, pepper and sugar. Add a few dashes of hot pepper sauce, if desired. Simmer, uncovered, for about 10 minutes.
Slice beef and serve with baked garlic cloves and tomato sauce. Serve with lemon wedges and a small green salad, if desired.
(Percentage of daily recommendation)
| Calorie | 425 cal. | (20 %) | ||
| Protein | 54 g | (55 %) | ||
| Fat | 21 g | (18 %) | ||
| Carbohydrates | 4 g | (3 %) | ||
| Sugar added | 1 g | (4 %) | ||
| Roughage | 1.1 g | (4 %) |