Roast Beef Sirloin with Champ Potato Cake and Roast Carrots

Ingredients

Serves 4-6

Roast beef sirloin

Sirloin of beef, about 1.2kg

Salt and pepper

Sauces

1 tsp each English and Dijon mustard

Pinch turmeric

2-3 shallots

½ tsp gravy granules

3 tbsp port

4 tbsp beef stock

3 tbsp red wine

Roast carrots

16 young whole carrots

Champ potato cake

300g potatoes

40g butter

Bunch scallions (spring onions)

Salt and pepper

Pinch of flour

Watercress salad

Watercress to serve

Method

Roast beef sirloin

For the beef, season the whole sirloin and seal in a pan in light olive oil for 4-5 minutes, turning to sear all sides.

Place on a roasting tray and put in the oven at 170C for about 30 minutes, depending on weight. Pop the carrots around the beef to roast. Remove beef from oven and leave to rest for at least 10 minutes.

Champ potato cake

While the meat is cooking, peel the potatoes and boil in salted water for about 15 minutes, until tender. Drain and crush with butter, the sliced scallions (spring onions), seasoning and a pinch of flour. Make into patties, dust in flour and fry off in pan in a little butter.

Sauces

For the mustard sauce, melt a little more butter in a pan. Stir in a couple of teaspoons of English and Dijon mustard and a little water. Add pinch of turmeric and whisk. Set aside.

For the red wine sauce, when you have removed the sirloin from the roasting tray tip out a little fat then heat the rest in the tray on the hob. Add the chopped shallot and cook until softened, then deglaze the pan with the port and

wine. Bring to the boil and add the stock. Add a teaspoon of gravy granules and reduce down, stirring.

Serve

Serve the beef with the red wine sauce, and the potato cakes and watercress alongside. Drizzle the vibrant mustard sauce around.