This Portuguese inspired beef mini roast recipe is brushed with a piri piri glaze made with honey, chillies, dried mixed herbs, oil and ground paprika. The mini roast is ready in under an hour and perfect for a mid-week meal.
I chose this flavourful dish from one of six Red Tractor mini roast recipes currently available on the Simply Beef and Lamb website, which all show how versatile a mini roast can be.
And there are so many benefits to cooking a smaller joint. Mini Roasts are quick and easy to prepare, they're the perfect size for two to share and they can be used for a huge variety of recipes such as the one I'm showing you today, or perhaps a Teriyaki beef with noodles or even lamb with a delicious pistachio crust. A bit different from the usual, aren't they?
One thing to look out for when choosing your meat – whether its beef or lamb – is look out for a quality mark like Red Tractor logo - It means the meat is traceable from farm to fork.
Ingredients
- 1 x 400-450g (14oz - 1lb) lean beef mini roasting joint (we used a mini topside roasting roast)
- Salt and freshly milled black pepper
For the glaze:
- 30ml/2tbsp runny honey
- 15ml/1tbsp red wine or sherry vinegar
- 15ml/1tbsp rapeseed or olive oil
- 15ml/1tbsp chilli sauce
- 10ml/2tsp dried mixed herbs
- 5ml/1tsp ground paprika
Instructions
To prepare the glaze; in a small bowl mix all the ingredients together.
Preheat the oven to Gas mark 5, 190°C, 375°F. Place the joint on a chopping board.
Make several slashes over the surface of the joint.
Season and brush with the glaze
Transfer to a roasting rack in a medium non-stick roasting tin and roast for 40-50 minutes (for medium). Cover with foil if browning too quickly. Remove the joint from the oven, transfer to a warm plate, cover and leave to rest for 5-10 minutes, 20 if time allows.
Slice the roast and serve with any pan juices, vegetable rice and a green salad.
Looks delicious, right? And so easy! Are you tempted to try this at home?
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Piri piri beef mini roast - a perfect mid-week meal
Ingredients
- 450 g (15.9 oz) lean beef mini roasting joint we used a mini topside roasting roast
- 1 pinch salt and freshly milled black pepper
For the glaze
- 2 tbsp runny honey
- 1 tbsp red wine or sherry vinegar
- 1 tbsp rapeseed or olive oil
- 1 tbsp chilli sauce
- 2 tsp dried mixed herbs
- 1 tsp ground paprika
Instructions
- To prepare the glaze; in a small bowl mix all the ingredients together.
- Preheat the oven to Gas mark 5, 190°C, 375°F. Place the joint on a chopping board.
- Make several slashes over the surface of the joint.
- Season and brush with the glaze
- Transfer to a roasting rack in a medium non-stick roasting tin and roast for 40-50 minutes (for medium). Cover with foil if browning too quickly. Remove the joint from the oven, transfer to a warm plate, cover and leave to rest for 5-10 minutes, 20 if time allows.
- Slice the roast and serve with any pan juices, vegetable rice and a green salad.
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Grace @ Eats Amazing says
This looks gorgeous, going to try this marinade for our Sunday roast - it's nice to have a change for once! I love the look of those mini roasts, will have to try one ASAP!
Ashleigh @ 3GirlsMummy says
This looks amazing! I never thought about putting piri piri with anything other than chicken!
I will definitely be trying this out!
Corina says
I love homemade piri piri chicken but I'd never thought to make piri piri beef before! Such a great idea - It looks gorgeous too!