How to cook Beef Topside. Method: Remember, after removing your joint from the packaging, pat dry and bring to room temperature. Preheat your oven to 200°C for fan assisted or 215°C for ovens without a fan. Choose a large, heavy-based roasting tray, ideally with deep sides and handles for easy movement.
Topside beef is so easy to carve, with no bones and not much fat, it can be carved into thick or thin slices easily with a large sharp knife. The joint seen in these pictures is 1.5kg Topside beef from Tesco’s, we cooked it for 1 hour 15 minutes for a medium-rare result.
What is the best temperature to cook a beef joint?
Time will differ depending on two factors, the weight of the joint you are cooking and how you like it cooked rare, medium or well done. Preheat the oven temperature to 160°C Fan / 180°C / 350°F / Gas Mark 4 before roasting. I have also included the roasting time for a few common sized beef joints, to help you work it out.
While reading we ran into the question “What joint of beef is best for roasting?”.
One source stated that Topside beef is a fairly cheap joint that works well for roasting. Fairly lean with some fat left on the top to help keep it moist during cooking. Your topside joint may be supplied with an extra layer of basting fat which helps keep it more tender. The one we have used in this blog post didn’t.
How to make the perfect roast beef in the oven?
To do this, simply put the potatoes into salted, cold water in a saucepan, and bring to a boil, letting them cook for 4 minutes. Then drain away the excess liquid and sprinkle with flour. Lastly, take time to ‘chuff’ your parboiled potatoes by tossing them in a colander to roughen the edges.
, method Remove the beef from the fridge 30 minutes before you want to cook it, to let it come up to room temperature. Preheat the oven to 240°C/475°F/ gas 9.. Wash and roughly chop the vegetables – there’s no need to peel them. Pile all the veg, garlic and herbs into the middle of a large roasting tray and drizzle with oil., and more items.