[Closed] Small but nice beef joint

A Sirloin or https://www.aldi.co.uk/beef-chateaubriand-with-sauce/p/078346182599000

Fore rib? Bit of fat on the outside and not massive and be cut to width to suit.

Oh, that's ideal - a small one. There won't be many takers.

Rib of Beef.

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Rib definitely from a good butcher.
Use a thermometer to ensure you dobg overcook and rest for at least 20 min whilst you make the gravy. Nom nom.

MIL won’t have a rib just as well as she’s cooking this year, she’s put the joint in the over this am. 🙁

We'll be having rib just for two of us some time over the new year, ideal roast for a meal and a few leftovers. Just two or three ribs depending how greedy/extravagant we are feeling.

Come to think of it, don't think I've roasted beef since we did the same thing last year!

Drac has she got the sprouts on too?

How many people for, if not many get a couple of steaks. Easier/quicker to pan fry if the oven is doing turkey duties?

Talking of beef...

I did some brisket in the slow cooker a few weeks ago, kind of poached it. Put some water in the cooker then parcel the joint up with foil, hoy it in for about 4-5 hours, use the juice in the foil for the gravy.

*dribbles at the memory, must do it again soon*

Well - these are great suggestions, but it has been deemed that turkey will be okay. The issue will be with actual Christmas when we are hosting my folks again they won't want it again. So the chateaubriand will be perfect I think.

The brisket slow cooker idea is a good rec for general eating though.

Small but nice you say. Here is one I prepared earlier 🙂

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Drac has she got the sprouts on too?

That was last week.

Should be ready just in time Welshfarmer.

To be fair that was 7 years ago now, though I still have a few joints in the freezer and they are still just as good today as they were back then after he had been hung for 28 days

Got any more local meat Welshfarmer? We are not far away.

I need to "do" a couple of lambs before christmas and maybe some mutton.

You can’t mean you’ve had beef in the freezer for 7 years surely @Welsh ?

[quote=jambalaya ]You can’t mean you’ve had beef in the freezer for 7 years surely @Welsh ?

Yep. And it is perfectly fine. Remember the figures given by government agencies and manufacturers are only guidelines to cover their backs.

EDIT: 1 of the problems with homekill in the UK is that you are not allowed to sell the meat but have to consume it all yourself. A 400kilo beast takes a fair bit of eating on your own (Mrs WF is a Vegetarian 🙂 )

I need to "do" a couple of lambs before christmas

Wer'e getting 1/2 a lamb next week from an ex colleague of mine, she's 1/2 prison officer & 1/2 shepherd. Oh & 100% roadie!

Yep. And it is perfectly fine.

Lot of 'homekill' was used to clear bar tabs back home. Pint and 10 kilos of beef steak could be had for £25.

Anyway, if you ever have a freezer failure WF, I'm only 25 minutes away.

Can I buy a share of a live lamb or sheep that might then meet with a nasty accident?

Soften the sprouts ,cut them in half and put them on the griddle.
Sprout heaven, no one has ever said that before!