Coffee Rubbed Top Round Roast (Topside Beef)

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Learn how to cook a top round roast, also known as topside beef, a more affordable but no less delicious beef joint, that will feed a crowd!

Prep Time10

Cook Time1 30

Total Time1 40

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: American

Keyword: top round roast

Servings:

Take the beef joint out of the fridge 30 minutes before cooking. Mix the ingredients for the rub and cover the meat with the rub all over, then place in a roasting pan. Let it sit for 20-25 minutes. Meanwhile preheat the oven to 200C/400F.
Roast in the preheated oven for 1 hour 30 minutes for medium rare or until the internal temperature registers at 55C/130F. Transfer to a platter and let it rest covered in foil for 30 minutes before slicing.
Make the gravy by adding 4 tablespoons of the pan drippings into a small saucepan together with the butter and let it melt over medium heat. Then add the flour and let it cook while stirring with a whisk for 2 minute, then add the wine and stir briefly, followed by the beef stock. Bring everything to a boil and let it simmer till thickens, stir occasionally to avoid lumps. After the beef rested for 20-30 minutes, add the juices, that collected at the bottom of the platter to the saucepan with gravy, bring it to a boil one more time and take it off the heat. Pour in a gravy boat and serve with thinly sliced roast beef.