Recipe: Roast Sirloin of Beef with Horseradish Cream

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Description/Notes:

Roast beef has been served on the Christmas table centuries before the supermarkets decreed that turkey was the traditional Yuletide fare; succulent roast sirloin makes a welcome change from that most over-hyped of Christmas birds

Ingredients:

Beef

sirloin of beef, allowing 8oz. (225g) uncooked weight per serving

a little oil or dripping if beef is very lean

Horseradish cream

quarter pint of double cream

2 tsps. sugar

2 tsps. lemon juice

2 tbsps. grated horseradish

pinch of mustard

Cooking Instructions:

1. #for the meat
2. Pre-heat the oven to 425F, Gas Mark 7, 210 C
3. Weigh the meat and place in a roasting tin, adding a little dripping if very lean
4. Roast in the centre of the pre-heated oven for 20 minutes per lb. plus 20 minutes for a medium done joint
5. # for the horseradish cream
6. Put the horseradish, sugar, mustard and lemon juice into a bowl and mix well
7. Whip the double cream until it begins to stiffen
8. Blend the whipped cream into the horseradish mixture then spoon into a serving bowl to accompany the beef