You will need: Salt, black pepper, 2 medium sized onions, garlic, olive oil, onion powder, an eye round cut of beef, butter, flour

Instructions:

• Drizzle some olive oil onto the meat
• Season it with black pepper, salt, and some onion powder
• Massage the meat all around with the seasonings
• Finally chop two medium onions and 10 garlic cloves
• Heat 3 tablespoons of butter and 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a pan
• Transfer the meat to the pan and syrup on all sides, are use a heavy bottom pan with a lid when making roast beef
• Now add the onion and garlic to the pan
• Cook onion and garlic until fragrant
• Season with onion and garlic with salt and black pepper
• Flip the meat to the other side
• Spread some of the sautéed onion and garlic on top and on the sides
• Add hot water on both sides of the meat
• The meat should be covered just halfway with water. Not totally submerged in it. We are roasting the meat, not boiling it!
• Cover the pan, lower the heat to medium low and cook stove top for 20 minutes, while preheating the oven to 350°F
• Remove lid after 10 minutes and drizzle the top of the roast with some of the liquid in the pan, do this twice
• After 20 minutes, place the pan covered on the oven’s middle rack
• Cook covered for 1 1/2 hours, turning the roast around every 20 minutes and adding hot water as needed
• Once out of the oven, wait until the roast is at room temperature, then slice it using a very sharp serrated or electric knife
• Arrange the sliced meat on your serving platter
• Take all the sauce left in the pan after cooking the roast beef and purée it using a regular or hand blender
• Now let’s make the gravy in a small sauce pan melt 2 tablespoons of butter
• Add 2 tablespoons of flour
• Cook the flower until fragrant and light golden in color
• Gradually add the room temperature puréed meat sauce to the cooked flour, stirring well after each addition to avoid having flour lumps in the gravy
• After adding all the meat sauce, if the gravy is too thick add beef stock until you reach the desired thickness
• I also added 1/3 cup of cream this is optional
• Arrange the sliced meat on your serving platter and drizzle some gravy onto it
• Enjoy!

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