# English roast beef

Recipe yields 10 servings 

### Ingredients
 * 2.3 kilograms rib roast of beef
 * dry English mustard
 * salt
 * black pepper, freshly ground

### Directions

Weigh the beef to calculate the cooking time.  Preheat the oven to 220C/Gas 7.

Place the meat in a roasting pan and sprinkle with salt, a little mustard, and plenty of black pepper.

Roast for 20 minutes.  Turn the oven down to 160C/Gas 3 and roast for 20 minutes per 450g for medium meat, or 10-15 minutes for very rare.

### Meta
author: Leiths Cookery Bible

tags: Main Dishes, Meat