Recipe

Beef rib roast with spiced salt

Spice up your beef rib roast, the king of roasts, with spiced salt and serve with luscious garlic mayonnaise on the side.

Nov 30, 2009 1:00pm
  • 20 mins preparation
  • 1 hr 30 mins cooking
  • 15 mins marinating
  • Serves 8
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Photography by Anson Smart. Styling by David Morgan

Ingredients

Beef rib roast with spiced salt
  • 1 tablespoon coriander seeds
  • 1 tablespoon cumin seeds
  • 1/2 cup (60g) sea salt flakes
  • 1/4 teaspoon mixed spice
  • 1 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
  • 3 kilogram beef standing rib roast (about 4 ribs)
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
Garlic mayonnaise
  • 1 cup (300g) whole egg mayonnaise
  • 1 tablespoon water
  • 2 teaspoon lemon juice
  • 2 clove garlic, crushed
  • 1 teaspoon dijon mustard

Method

Beef rib roast with spiced salt
  • 1
    Preheat oven to 200°C (180°C fan-forced).
  • 2
    Using a mortar and pestle, grind the seeds together until coarsely crushed. Add salt, mixed spice and pepper, mix well. Remove a third of the spice mixture and reserve. Brush beef with oil, rub remaining spice mixture all over beef.
  • 3
    Roast beef, uncovered, about 1 1/2 hours for rare, or until cooked as desired. Cover, stand, 15 minutes, before carving. Meanwhile, toast remaining spice mixture in a dry pan until fragrant, allow to cool.
  • 4
    For garlic mayonnaise, combine all ingredients in a small bowl. Serve beef with garlic mayonnaise and toasted spice mixture.

Notes

Ask the butcher to tie beef with string between ribs to retain a neat shape while cooking.

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