This was our first time making a prime roast and the meal turned out beautiful. A few hours in the oven with some careful tending and dinner was served along with roasted brussels sprouts and yorkshire pudding. This recipe is perfect for the holidays and easily serves 4-6 people. I was surprised with how straight forward the recipe was and not intimidating.

Cooking for guests is stressful, even more so as a new cook. The fiance and I have only just begun having guests over for dinner and I can’t wait to serve this roast to friends and family. Until then, while we continue to try out family size meals, I get a delicious lunch for the work week.

Prime Rib Roast

2014-12-21 23:38:37

Serves 6

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Prep Time

15 min

Cook Time

4 hr

Total Time

4 hr 15 min

Prep Time

15 min

Cook Time

4 hr

Total Time

4 hr 15 min

Ingredients

1. 4lbs prime rib roast
2. sea salt
3. crushed black pepper
4. vegetable oil
5. meat thermometer

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 225 degrees
2. Place the rib roast in a baking pan just bigger than the roast, rub with oil until fully coated
3. Generously rub each side of the roast with sea salt and then crush black pepper
4. Insert the meat thermometer as per its instructions and place the pan in the oven
5. Roast, uncovered until the desired internal temperature is reached (this will take ~ 4 hours: ~140 degrees for rare, ~160 degrees for medium) - see note
6. Take the roast out of the oven, tent with aluminium foil and turn the oven up to 500 degrees
7. Wait until the internal temperature drops back down to 130 degrees and place roast back into the oven
8. Bake for another 10-15 minutes to form a crust as desired
9. Keep the roast covered until ready to serve

Note

1. The roast will continue to cook once removed from the oven and the internal temperature can climb anywhere from 5 - 20 degrees. To ensure the roast isn't overcooked, it can be taken out of the oven before it reaches 140 or 160 degrees.
2. The drippings can be used for any gravy recipe and served alongside

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Prep ingredients

Rub roast with oil, salt and crushed black pepper. Insert meat thermometer and bake at 225 degrees

Once desired internal temperature is reached, remove from oven, tent and wait until internal temperature drops to 130 degrees before baking at 500 degrees to form a crust

Serve with sides and gravy

Secret ingredient, a can of cream of chicken.

Bison Shepherd's Pie

2014-06-21 15:19:02

Serves 8

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Prep Time

40 min

Cook Time

25 min

Total Time

1 hr 5 min

Prep Time

40 min

Cook Time

25 min

Total Time

1 hr 5 min

Filling

1. 1 lb ground bison
2. 1 medium carrot diced
3. 1 small onion diced
4. 1/2 cup of frozen peas
5. 1 tbsp butter
6. 1 tbsp olive oil
7. 1 tsp dried thyme
8. 3 cloves of garlic
9. 4 tsp tomato paste
10. 1 can of cream of chicken
11. salt and pepper

Potato Topping

1. 4 medium potatoes
2. 1 green onion
3. 2 cloves of garlic
4. 2 tbsp butter
5. 1/3 cup of milk
6. 1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese
7. salt and pepper

Filling

1. Dice the vegetables, add salt and pepper to the ground bison and mix.
2. Heat up pan with half the butter and brown the bison until cooked then set aside. At this point you can drain the meat, I didn't because our bison was very lean.
3. With the remaining butter and olive oil, cook the carrots and onions for about 10 minutes. Add in the thyme and garlic and cook for another minute.
4. Add the cooked ground bison back into the pan along with the can of cream of chicken. At this point the filling will be very thick, add in up to 1/2 can of water as needed.
5. Stir in the tomato paste and frozen peas.
6. Pour the filling into your baking pan and set aside.
7. Pre-heat the oven to 400 degrees F.

Potato Topping

1. Cut the potatoes into smaller cubes or slices and boil until soft.
2. Start mashing and add in the chopped garlic, parmesan cheese, butter and milk as you continue to mash. Once the potatoes are creamy, stir in the green onions.
3. Gently place scoops of the mashed potatoes onto the filling and spread into an even layer.
4. Bake for 25 minutes.

Adapted from Slice of Feist

Adapted from Slice of Feist

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Step by Step Photos – Filling

Assemble the ingredients

Dice carrots

Dice onions

Mix the salt and pepper into the ground bison

Brown the bison with 1/2 the butter and set aside

With the rest of the butter and olive oil, cook the carrots and onions until translucent, add the bison back in, stir in the rest of your filling ingredients and add water as needed

Pour filling into a baking pan and set aside

Assemble the potato topping ingredients

Cut the potatoes into smaller pieces

Chop the garlic and green onions

Once the potatoes are soft, begin to mash

Add garlic, grated parmesan and green onions to the potatoes and continue to mash

Add in milk and mash until creamy

Gently scoop the potatoes onto the filling and spread

Cover the entire surface with an even layer of potatoes

Bake in oven at 400 degrees F for 25 minutes