Urgent for today! How do you cook topside of beef 1.378kg so it’s tender but not rare?!!!

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Please help! I need it on the table by 5pm…

Topside needs gentle, slow braising to be tender. I'd put it in a dish with a bottle of red, some red onion, bouquet garni, salt and pepper and cook on a low heat for 3.5 hours, bunging in some mushrooms with half hour to go. Preferably, depending on size, I'd cook it for 4.5.

Topside isn't a roasting joint imo and there is no guarantee of tenderness.

Sorry, just seen it's a small joint. That will be fine in 3 to 3.5 hours.

What if I don’t have any of the above ingredients? 🤦🏼‍♀️

i can’t go out at the minute to get them. If I put it in a roasting tin with a lid and some liquid will that work?

If so, what temperature? X

It needs slow cooking or casseroling tbh... Pot roast is good for this joint.

Timings as per PP.

For that weight of topside, I would do a pot roast. It's relatively small joint, so a plain roast of topsside could easily dry out, whereas a pot roast keeps it tender and juicy The BBC good food website has a great recipe if you search for Pot Roast beef with French onion gravy.

A covered pot and whatever liquid you have will do. The keys is low and slow.

If you have a stock cube to make a stock even better, and any onions or root veg to add, it will enhance the meat and gravy, but you can do without.

Sear the outside first and remove cover for last 20ish monitors of cooking to get a nice colour on the outside.

For temperature I would go for around 150/160

I've roasted a topside joint lots and think it's a great cut for roasting so to me, it's perfectly possible to get it blushing.

OP, do you have a meat thermometer as that would help immensely!

We've followed this Jamie recipe before. I wouldn't worry too much about the fancy ingredients for for a decent gravy you'll need onion, celery and carrots underneath the meat

www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/beef-recipes/roast-topside-of-beef/

And massive yorkshires always go down well!

This is a good guide to work out cooking times for the weight. That size joint won't need long

www.bbcgoodfood.com/howto/guide/how-cook-roast-beef#

Thank you so much, fingers crossed it’s not like boot leather! I have form with chicken 😂