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Sunday roast beef with chilli cheese sauce

Sunday roast beef with chilli cheese sauce recipe

This is the most flavoursome Sunday roast beef recipe we have ever made slathered in the best chilli cheese sauce. This is a recipe where a traditional Sunday roast beef meets Mexico flavours.
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Total tiimie 1 hour 30 minutes
Course Dinner, Lazy Lunch
Cuisine British, Mexican
Servings 4 people

Equipment

  • Oven
  • Frying pan

Ingredients
  

  • 1 kg topside of beef
  • 5 large potatoes, peeled and chipped
  • 2 tablespoon of barbacoa spice
  • 1 tablespoon of olive oil to coat the beef
  • 2-3 tablespoon of vegetable oil
  • 200 g of sweet peppers Or 2 large sweet peppers
  • 1 onion

For the chilli cheese sauce

  • 110 g of grated Red Leicester
  • 2 tablespoon of all purpose flour
  • 2 cups of full fat milk
  • 50 g of salted butter
  • ¼ tsp of allspice
  • 30 g or ¼ cup of chopped jarred jalapeño
  • 1 tablespoon of Buffalo wing sauce (or to taste)

Instructions
 

Start with seasoning the beef joint

  • Take the beef out of the fridge and bring up to room temperature. Rub the olive oil over and season with the barbacoa spices.

Next step - let's make chunky chip-style roast potatoes

  • Bring a pan of salted water to the boil and add the chipped potato and simmer for 15 minutes.
  • Drain thoroughly and let the steam dry for 5 minutes.
  • Pour the vegetable oil in a frying pan and bring up to heat. Add the chipped potatoes and carefully fry regularly turning each chip to brown on all sides for 5 minutes.
  • Transfer the chips to a roasting tray and season.

Preparing the beef and roasting

  • Wipe the frying pan of excess oil and put the frying pan back on the heat and place the beef joint inside. Sear the meat all over until nicely browned for 3-4 minutes.
    Preparing Sunday roast beef
  • Transfer the beef into a roasting dish and place inside a preheated oven at 220℃/428°F.
    Cook for 20 minutes then turn the heat down to 190℃/374°F.
  • Place the chips into the oven to cook for 50 minutes to 1 hour.
  • Take the beef out of the oven after 30 minutes for a rare joint or 40 minutes for a medium joint.
    Leave the beef at room temperature for at least 30 minutes to rest.

Onions and sweet peppers

  • Slice the onions and peppers in long thick strands and use the same frying pan to stir-fry for 2-3 minutes to brown slightly.
  • Transfer the vegetables to the oven when you remove the beef to cook for 20-30 minutes whilst the beef rests.

How to make the best chilli cheese sauce

  • Melt the butter in a pan.
  • When starting to foam, whisk in the flour.
  • Pour in the milk and continuously whisk until the sauce / béchamel has started to thicken.
  • Add the grated Red Leicester and stir to melt through.
  • Add the meat juice and drippings from the roast beef.
  • Add the chopped jalapeños, allspice and buffalo sauce to taste and set aside until ready to reheat and serve.
    How to make the best chilli cheese sauce