Roast Beef with Spicy Parsley Tomato Sauce

Recipe courtesy Giada De Laurentiis

Show: Everyday ItalianEpisode: Entertaining the In-Laws Italian Style!

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Cook Time:
40 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
4 to 6 servings

Times:

Prep: 30 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 40 min
Total:: 1 hr 10 min

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Ingredients

Roast Beef:

1 (2 to 2 1/2-pound) sirloin tip or chuck beef roast
3 tablespoons olive oil
4 Roma tomatoes, cut in 1/2
2 teaspoons herbs de Provence
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper

Spicy Parsley Tomato Sauce:

1 1/2 cups fresh flat-leaf parsley
2 garlic cloves
1/2 teaspoons red pepper flakes
3/4 teaspoon kosher salt
3/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil

Directions

To make the beef roast, preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.

Season the beef with salt and pepper. Season the tomatoes with salt, pepper, and herbs de Provence.

Place a medium, heavy roasting pan or Dutch oven over high heat. Heat the olive oil. Sear the beef over high heat on all sides. Turn off heat. Place the seasoned tomatoes around the seared beef and place the pan in the oven. Roast until a meat thermometer reads 130 degrees F. for medium rare, 135 for medium, about 30 to 40 minutes. Take the roast out of the oven, tent loosely with foil, and let rest for 10 to 15 minutes. The internal temperature of the meat should rise 5 degrees F more and the juices will redistribute into the roast.

To make the sauce, place the parsley and garlic in a food processor and pulse until the parsley is finely chopped. Add the red pepper flakes, salt, red wine vinegar and the roasted tomatoes from the beef pan and process until pureed. Add the olive oil in a steady stream with the machine running.

To serve, slice the roast and place on a serving platter. Drizzle a little sauce over the meat. Serve the remaining sauce in a small bowl alongside.

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recipe Roast Beef with Spicy Parsley Tomato Sauce
Kristy Nanuet, NY 11-16-2009
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Easy & Delicious!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This was so great! I followed the recipe to a T and everything came out great! Easy & impressive meal for company, will make... this again soon!Read more
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pamela worcester, MA 10-10-2009
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Best Roast Beef EVER!!!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This is a great recipe. I've made this several times for my family and they love it every time. I've also made this recipe... with pork and chicken and the spicy parsley sauce goes very well with them all. Thanks for another GREAT recipe Giada!Read more
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Jenny Madison, WI 09-19-2009
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This was good, but not great
Rated: 3 stars out of 5

Made this today with fresh roma tomatoes from the garden and an all-natural chuck roast. The meat was great, especially for... an inexpensive cut, but I didn't think the sauce was anything to write home about. It will make some good leftovers, but I probably won't make this again.Read more
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jenny bow, NH 08-19-2009
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Amazing!!!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This was my first roast and everyone was so impressed! I didnt add the red pepper flakes since someone in my family cant deal... with any heat but the sauce was still soooooooooooo good even my 1year old gobbled it up. I wish I took it out of the oven at 120 degrees since I like my meat rare. definitely a keeper and going to be a holiday staple in my family. Read more
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Gail Charlotte, NC 08-17-2009
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Excellent recipe
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This is my first time reviewing a recipe. I just recently started watching the Food Network and I am totally hooked on all... of the wonderful shows. My son saw the show with this recipe, and he decided that he wanted to make it. We used a London broil instead of a roast, because that is what I had. We followed the recipe, and our London Broil came out very juicy and tender. The sauce however was the best part. Spicy, but not too spicy. It just had the right amount of kick. I will definitely make this dinner again. I plan on making a big batch of this sauce and freezing it for other dishes. I give this recipe a thumbs up. Thanks Giada for a wonderful recipe. GailRead more
recipe Roast Beef with Spicy Parsley Tomato Sauce
Jonathan Buckhannon, WV 05-31-2009
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hmm...
Rated: 2 stars out of 5

I love giada and i tihnk she is a great cook. I have tried many of her recipes and this recipe in my opinion was just okay. ... The spicy parsley tomato sauce was excellent. i love my food to be spicy and i loved the sweet tangy flavor the red wine vinegar brought to the sauce. The roast beef on the other hand was bland. There really was not much flavor to the roast beef. I probably will not make this recipe again. Very disappointed.Read more