Fast Ed's Fancy Roast Beef

Sara 76's Note:

This recipe comes from "Fast Ed" from Better Homes & Gardens. It's a lovely, simple way to jazz up a roast beef dinner!

• Total Time: 1 hrs 15 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 1 hrs 5 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• 1 ½ kg beef , whole scotch fillet
• salt and pepper
• 2 garlic cloves , peeled and quartered lengthwise
• ½ bunch fresh sage , leaves picked
• 12 slices prosciutto
• 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 200°C Season beef with salt and pepper. Using the tip of a sharp knife, make 8 incisions about 2cm deep around the beef. Push a sliver of garlic into each cut.
2. Lay prosciutto slices overlapping side by side on a chopping boar lined with baking paper. Arrange sage leaves over the top. Put beef at one side and, using the baking paper as a tool to lift and roll, roll to wrap in prosciutto. Tie with butchers twine to secure, Drizzle with olive oil and put in a large roasting pan.
3. Roast, turning often, for 1 hour or until prosciutto is well browned and meat is cooked to medium. Rest meat in a warm place, loosely covered in foil, for 5 minutes.