Garlic-Rosemary Roast Beef & Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes

 

I love having a hearty roast beef dinner on a Sunday night! But because Steve and I are so busy (and we like to try so many new recipes) it is actually rare for us to make a roast beef dinner on a Sunday night. However, when we do make it we like to make it with garlic - so it was very fitting that we found garlic infused recipes in our 'Cook This Not That' cookbooks!

Here are the ingredients you will need for the Garlic-Rosemary Roast Beef:

3lb rump roast
8 garlic cloves, peeled
2 tbsp olive oil
1/2 tbsp chopped, fresh, rosemary
Salt and pepper to taste

And here is how you need to bring the roast all together:

1.  Remove the roast from the fridge at least 30 minutes before cooking.
2. Preheat oven to 250 deg F. Use a small paring knife to make small incisions into the roast and gently insert garlic clove halves all over. Rub the roast with the olive oil and season all over with rosemary, salt and pepper. Place on a rack on a baking sheet and place on the middle rack of the oven.
3. Roast for 90 minutes. Turn up heat to 475 deg F and roast for another 15 minutes, until a deep brown crust had developed and a thermometer in the thickest part of the meat reads 140 deg F.

Here are the ingredients that you will need for the Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes:

1 1/2 lbs Yukon gold potatoes
1 cup low fat milk
1 tbsp butter
6 cloves roasted garlic
Salt and pepper to taste

And here is how you will bring the mashed potatoes all together:

1.  Place potatoes in a large pot of salted water and bring too boil. Cook until a knife inserted into the flesh meets no resistance, about 25 minutes. Drain.
2. While the potatoes boil combine milk, butter and garlic in small saucepan and heat until butter is melted. Keep warm.
3. Mash potatoes into a rough purée. Slowly add hot milk mixture to the potatoes using a wooden spoon to beat continuously. Season with salt and pepper.

Overall the combination of these two recipes were great (especially if you like garlic!). I am sure that we will be using these recipes and elements of these recipes for many years to come!

The Garlic-Rosemary Roast Beef is from the 'Cook This Not That: Skinny Comfort Foods' cookbook.
The Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes are from the 'Cook This Not That: Easy & Awesome 350-Calorie Meals' cookbook.

Bon appetite & enjoy!