Roast Beef And Peppercorn Pitas Food

ROAST BEEF GARDEN PITAS

Steps:

• Line pita halves with roast beef. In a small bowl, combine the broccoli, corn, cucumber, carrot, celery and onion., In another bowl, combine the dressing ingredients. Pour over vegetable mixture; toss to coat. Fill pita halves.

PEPPERCORN BEEF PITAS

Steps:

• Toss lettuce, beef, tomatoes and dressing.
• Spoon mixture evenly into pita bread halves. Top with onion. Serve immediately or wrap each sandwich in plastic wrap. Refrigerate until serving or up to 1 hour.

BEEF PITAS WITH YOGURT SAUCE

Steps:

• In a small bowl, mix yogurt, parsley, garlic and 1/8 teaspoon salt. Toss beef with herbs, pepper and remaining salt., In a large cast-iron or other heavy skillet, heat 2 teaspoons oil over medium-high heat. Add onion; cook and stir until tender, 4-6 minutes. Remove from pan., In same skillet, heat remaining oil over medium-high heat. Add beef; cook and stir until no longer pink, 2-3 minutes. Serve on pitas; top with onion and sauce.

HEARTY SIRLOIN PITAS

Steps:

• Sprinkle beef with salt and pepper. In a large skillet, cook beef in batches in 2 teaspoons oil over medium heat until meat reaches desired doneness. Remove and keep warm. , In the same pan, saute pepper strips and onion in remaining oil until crisp-tender. Add beef and steak sauce; heat through. , Top each pita with beef mixture; sprinkle with cheese. Fold over.

PEPPERCORN ROAST BEEF

Steps:

• Place garlic and 1 pinch kosher salt into a mortar and pestle; grind garlic until it forms a paste. Mix olive oil into garlic.
• Place roast into a baking dish. Brush garlic paste on one side of the roast. Season generously with 1 teaspoon kosher salt.
• Combine peppercorns in a small bowl. Press ground peppercorn mixture generously onto roast. Flip meat and repeat, brushing with garlic paste and seasoning with 1 teaspoon kosher salt and peppercorn mixture.
• If desired, place roast on a rack over baking dish and refrigerate uncovered overnight to dry out. The next day, remove and let meat stand 1 hour to reach room temperature.
• Melt butter in a large ovenproof skillet; turn off heat. Place roast into hot butter and flip to coat both sides. Season with more salt if desired.
• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
• Roast meat in skillet in the preheated oven for 15 minutes. Remove meat from oven and flip in skillet.
• Turn oven down to 200 degrees F (95 degrees C). Roast meat until pepper crust is lightly browned and an instant-read meat thermometer, inserted into the center of the roast, reads 130 degrees F (54 degrees C), about 15 more minutes.
• Transfer roast to a platter and tent loosely with aluminum foil. Let roast stand at least 15 minutes.
• Place skillet with pan drippings over medium heat; whisk in flour until smooth. Cook, whisking constantly, for 2 minutes to remove raw taste from flour. Whisk in veal stock.
• Turn heat to medium-high, bring sauce to a boil, and reduce heat to medium-low. Simmer pan sauce, stirring constantly, until reduced by half and sauce has slightly thickened, about 10 minutes. Season with salt and 1 pinch of cayenne pepper. Stir balsamic vinegar and any accumulated juices from meat platter into pan sauce.
• Carve beef across the grain, starting at the smallest corner of the roast. Serve slices on warmed plates drizzled with pan sauce.

PEPPERCORN ROASTED BEEF TENDERLOIN

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 475 degrees F.
• Place the tenderloin on a roasting rack. Sprinkle generously with kosher salt and sugar, which will deepen the savory flavors.
• Press the crushed peppercorns all over the surface of the meat. Insert a meat thermometer and place in the oven until the beef registers 120 to 125 degrees F for medium-rare/rare. Beef will probably cook in 20 to 25 minutes depending on its temp before it goes in the oven.
• While the meat is roasting, melt the butter with the garlic in a small skillet, and allow the butter to slightly brown. Remove the garlic and discard.
• Remove the meat when it's done and pour the garlic butter over gently (it should sizzle when it hits the meat). Cover the meat loosely with foil and allow to rest for 10 minutes before slicing.

ROAST BEEF WITH POTATOES AND GREEN PEPPERCORNS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 500 degrees F.
• Place the roast on a flat surface and season all sides with salt and pepper. Combine the mustard and green peppercorns and the lemon juice and rub all over the beef. Place it on a roasting rack. Place the potatoes in the bottom of the roasting pan and season them with salt and pepper. Place the rack in the pan directly over the potatoes.
• Place the pan in the center of the oven and cook, undisturbed for 10 minutes. Lower the temperature of the oven to 350 degrees F. Count about 10 minutes for each pound then begin testing the internal temperature. The thermometer should read about 130 degrees F for medium rare. Remember that "carry over" cooking (when the roast comes out of the oven and rests) will mean the temperature will increase a few degrees after the roast is removed from the oven. If it's undercooked, you can always cook it more, but if overcooked, there is no fixing it!
• Remove the roast beef and place it on a flat surface for carving. Transfer the potatoes to a serving platter. Serve the roast, whole on the platter to carve at the table. Alternatively, arrange slices of beef over the potatoes and coat with a layer of the pan sauce.

ROAST BEEF WITH POTATOES AND GREEN PEPPERCORNS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 500 degrees F. Put the roast on a flat surface and season all sides with salt and pepper, to taste, and put it on a roasting rack. Arrange the potatoes in the bottom of the roasting pan and season them with salt and pepper, to taste. Put the rack in the pan directly over the potatoes.
• Put the pan in the center of the oven and roast, undisturbed for 10 minutes. Lower the temperature to 350 degrees F. Count about 10 minutes for each pound then begin testing the internal temperature. An instant-read thermometer should register about 130 degrees F for medium-rare. Remember that "carry over" cooking (when the roast comes out of the oven and rests) will mean the temperature will increase. Transfer the roast to a platter and serve with the potatoes.

ROAST BEEF AND CHIVE PITA SNACKS

Steps:

• Spread pitas with cream cheese spread.
• Top with remaining ingredients; fold each pita in half.
• Cut each into 4 wedges.

ROAST BEEF WITH PEPPERCORN-HERB CRUST

Steps:

• Dry the meat with paper toweling.
• Make 6 1-inch deep slits about equidistant apart along the roast and slip a clove of garlic inside (make more slits with more garlic if you like).
• Place the roast in a roasting pan.
• Drag out your mortar, spice mill, or sledge hammer, and crush the peppercorns along with the other 3 cloves of garlic, the salt, and the herbs and mix them into a paste (add a touch of oil if desired).
• Prepare to get your hands dirty- grab some of the paste and rub it into the roast and pat it down evenly across the surface.
• If you find yourself needing a bit more, make some, but this amount should do.
• Cover the roasting pan with plastic wrap and marinate in the fridge 6 hours or overnight.
• A few hours before you plan to start roasting, pull the roast out of the fridge and let it bring up to room temp, and let it sit that way for an hour.
• Preheat your oven to 200 degrees F.
• Place the roasting pan in the oven and go read a book, because this is slow roasting- at about 2 hours and 15 minutes, you might start checking on it.
• You want the internal temp to come up to 110F, you should use an instant read thermometer or have had a thermometer stuck in the roast in a center part not touching the bone.
• When it gets to 110F, turn the oven up to 500F- this is going to give it a fabulous crust.
• Watch it closely now, and when it gets to 135F you can take it out and have a nice med-rare roast (for med, go till 150, and for well-done, go to 160).
• Remove the roast from the pan and put it on your platter, but don't dare carve it for 15-20 minutes or you'll lose all the juices inside.
• Degrease all the pan juices in the roaster, the add the beef stock to that, scraping up the browned bits at the bottom.
• Mix the flour with the water in a small dish.
• Heat the pan juices, and stir the flour slurry into it, stirring constantly until it comes to a boil and thickens.
• Serve the gravy with your sliced beef, if desired.

CHEESEBURGER PITAS

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook the beef, onion and green pepper over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. Add the rice, tomato sauce, Worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 10-15 minutes. , Stir in cheese; cover and cook 2-3 minutes longer or until cheese is melted. Spoon mixture into pita pockets.

ROAST BEEF AND PEPPERCORN PITAS

Steps:

• In a medium bowl combine the coleslaw mix, salad dressing and onion.
• Cut pita rounds in half.
• Divide beef among pita halves.
• Add cucumber slices and about 1/4 cup of the coleslaw mixture to each pita half.
• Serve immediately.