27 November 2007

Prime Rib with Two-Mushroom Gravy & Herbed Yorkshire Pudding

St. Jabobs
Sunday night friends came over and set up my new computer. Yay she says!!!!No more unplugging my computer to unfreeze it; no more squinting to see the monitor.... Some of my favourite blogs I have been unable to visit because the "dinosaur" made it impossibly frustrating to view them..the process from page to page was just tooooooooooo long. Now I can blog and Google to my hearts content. Is that a sigh of relief you hear.

To thank my friends for hooking me up I made a prime rib roast dinner with garlic smashed potatoes, glazed carrots, Yorkshire pudding, sugar snap peas and two-mushroom gravy. My friend is lactose intolerant so I had to get a little creative in the dessert department. That recipe will come in a later post. I didn't take the time to take a photo...not even one...so you will have to use your imagination. To compensate I have included a photo of the main street of St. Jacobs in Ontario at Christmas last year.



Roast Prime Rib with Two-Mushroom Gravy and Herbed Yorkshire Pudding


1 - 4 1/2 pound prime rib roast of beef (2 ribs), trimmed and tied
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
1 teaspoon prepared horseradish
1 3/4 tablespoons chopped fresh rosemary
1 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

Herbed Yorkshire Pudding

1 cup all-purpose flour
2 eggs
1 cup whole or low-fat milk
3/4 tablespoon minced chives
2 teaspoon minced fresh rosemary (1 teaspoon dried)
3/4 teaspoon kosher salt
2 tablespoon unsalted butter
2 tablespoon vegetable oil

Gravy

2 cups boiling water
1 1/2 ounces dried porcini mushrooms
4 T (1/2 stick) butter, room temperature, divided
10 ounces fresh button mushrooms, cut into 1/4-inch-thick slices
4 garlic cloves, minced
2 tablespoons all purpose flour
1 1/2 cups low-salt beef broth
3/4 cup dry red wine
2 bunches fresh rosemary (for garnish)

Preheat oven to 450 degrees F. Place roast, fat side up, on a roasting rack in a large, flameproof roasting pan. In a small bowl, mix together 1/2 tablespoon Dijon mustard, 1/2 teaspoon prepared horseradish, 3/4 tablespoon chopped fresh rosemary, kosher salt, and pepper with a whisk. Using hands or a pastry brush, coat entire roast with this mixture. Place roast in lower part of the oven and roast for 20 minutes to seal outside coating. Reduce heat to 350 degrees F. Continue roasting both the beef for 1 hour.

To make Yorkshire pudding batter, in a food processor or blender, combine flour, eggs, milk, chives, rosemary, and salt and mix well so that mixture is smooth. Place in a small mixing bowl and refrigerate, covered, for at least 45 minutes.

Continue cooking the roast for another 10 minutes, until rare to medium-rare. Remove roast from the oven, place on a carving board and cover with foil for 20 to 30 minutes (it will continue to cook and increase in doneness). Set aside the roasting pan; do not soak.

To make Yorkshire pudding, while roast is resting under foil, preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Place butter and oil in a shallow baking dish (copper works particularly well) and melt for 3 to 4 minutes. Immediately add chilled, whisked batter and bake for 18 to 20 minutes until pudding rises and becomes golden brown. Remove from oven and slice into four pieces.

To serve, slice beef into four servings, two of which will include ribs. Serve with Two-Mushroom Gravy and Herbed Yorkshire Puddings. Garnish with rosemary sprigs.

To make Two-Mushroom Gravy

Combine 2 cups boiling water and porcini; let soak until mushrooms soften, about 20 minutes. Strain soaking liquid through fine strainer set over measuring cup; reserve porcini. If needed, add enough water to soaking liquid to measure 1 cup.

Coarsely chop porcini. Melt 2 tablespoons butter with remaining 2 tablespoons oil in large skillet over medium-high heat. Add fresh mushrooms; sauté until browned, about 6 minutes. Add porcini and garlic; stir 1 minute. Remove from heat. Combine flour, remaining 2 tablespoons butter, and remaining 2 1/2 teaspoons crushed rosemary in small bowl; mash with fork to smooth paste. (DO AHEAD Porcini soaking liquid, mushroom mixture, and flour-butter mixture can be made 1 day ahead. Cover separately; chill).

Set roasting pan atop 2 burners over medium-high heat. Add reserved 1 cup porcini soaking liquid, broth, and wine; bring to boil, scraping up any browned bits. Add mushroom mixture, then butter-flour mixture; whisk constantly over medium-high heat until sauce thickens, about 2 minutes. Season sauce to taste with salt and pepper. Pass mushroom gravy separately.

Serves 4

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18 comments:

  1. Your prime rib and fixins' sound awesome but I do wish there was a photo to make this recipe a home run.

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  2. Congrats for the new PC Valli, I have the same problem and sometimes the childs take the computer and don't pass me!!!Beauty and nice recipe. xxGloria
    I like Yorkshire pudding!!

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  3. Yay for new computers!! This meal sounds amazing!

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  4. Yeah Val! New computers are so great! And your "thank you" dinner sounds wonderful. It sounded very Christmasee to me as I like to do Prime Rib at Christmas, which is not far off, oh my!

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  5. Sounds delish! You cant beat a Yorshire pud. never made one with herbs mind?

    Cheers
    David

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  6. I am starving right now and that description of a fantastic meal didn't help! Prime rib and smashed potatoes ... yum ...

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  7. I haven't had Yorkshire pudding since I visited York eons ago. I loved the city and the pudding. Thanks for the recipe.

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  8. This is a nice way to say thanks to a friends. I like the picture. My son's team travelling today. They'll be at the Sandman Hotel at the end of the day.

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  9. For a wonderful dinner like that I would have traveled to fix your comp, Valli! I LOVE yorkshire pudding! Thanks for the comment on my blog. I appreciate your compliments. I haven't had time to blog much these days. Things are busy and I run out of time. By the time I cook it's too dark for photos. Oh well. I'll keep plugging along :)

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  10. First - for that dinner I would have happily flown over and set up your computer!
    Second: where is this town - I love that street! Can I live there?

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  11. Well my imagination is running wild and it's making me salivate!

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  12. Wow!!!! what a great thank you dinner!! You have any thing else you need hooked up?????

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  13. This meal sounds amazing. Roast prime rib is one of my favorites. The yorkshire pudding reminds me that my grandmother used to make them. Now I will have to try making them!

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  14. New computer is working great guys...no leftovers..and we have had our first snow fall...life is good!

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  15. Sooooo, what else do you need help fixing up at your place that will result in this treat again? :)

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  16. Wow what a spread! Glad you are back online and up to speed.

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  17. Valli, I wish that I was the one who helped you with your computer. This meal sounds fabulous!!! I haven't made prime rib myself. And I love yorkshire pudding.

    You're so regular with your postings, I never would have guessed that you had computer troubles. It's god that that's all fixed and that you will find blogging and browsing more enjoyable.

    x nora

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  18. This is the direction I'm headed in for Christmas dinner. That gravy sounds amazing...Congrats on the new computer!

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Welcome to my home. Thank you for choosing to stay a while and for sharing our lives through food. I appreciate all your support, comments, suggestions, and daily encouragement.

Val

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