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Roast beef

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Roast beef
CourseMain course
Place of originUnited Kingdom
Region or stateEngland
Serving temperatureHot or cold
Main ingredientsBeef

Roast beef is a dish of beef that is roasted, generally served as the main dish of meal. In the Anglosphere, roast beef is one of the meats often served at Sunday lunch or dinner. Yorkshire pudding is a standard side dish. Sliced roast beef is also sold as a cold cut, and used as a sandwich filling. Leftover roast beef may be minced and made into hash.

Roast beef is a characteristic national dish of England and holds cultural meaning for the English dating back to the 1731 ballad "The Roast Beef of Old England". The dish is so synonymous with England and its cooking methods from the 18th century that a French nickname for the English is "les Rosbifs".[1]

Culinary arts

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The beef on weck sandwich is a tradition in western New York dating back to the late 1800s.[2] Roast beef is sometimes served with horseradish or horseradish sauce. In Denmark, it is mostly used in open sandwiches, called smørrebrød.

Roast beef sandwich

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In the UK the roast beef sandwich is often served hot with fried onions, gravy and horseradish sauce. When it is served cold it consists of bread, cold roast beef, lettuce or rocket, tomatoes and horseradish sauce or mustard

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References

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  1. ^ "Why do the French call the British 'the roast beefs'?". BBC News. 3 April 2003. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
  2. ^ Piatti-Farnell, Lorna (1 June 2013). Beef: A Global History. Reaktion Books. ISBN 9781780231174.
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