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I'll show you how to make perfect roast beef — TENDER roast beef — that is amazing with mashed potatoes and also makes some delicious sandwiches the next day. This involves coating your beef roast of choice in olive oil, seasoning generously with your favorite dry rub, or just salt and pepper. Preheat oven to 500º. Roast for 7 minutes per pound, then turn off oven but LEAVE THE OVEN DOOR SHUT and cook for an additional 20 minutes per pound. Remove the roast from the oven and cover with a piece of aluminum foil. Let the meat rest for 20 minutes before carving – VERY IMPORTANT! 7 minutes/pound at 500º, then turn oven off 20 minutes/pound in turned off oven with door closed (DO NOT OPEN THE DOOR!) IMPORTANT: Let it rest an additional 20 minutes before carving. (If you want it even more rare, you can roast it 5 minutes/pound at 500º instead of 7 minutes/pound, then keep the rest of the directions the same.) Here's that Montreal Steak Seasoning recipe: https://www.culinaryhill.com/montreal-steak-seasoning-recipe/

I'll show you how to make perfect roast beef — TENDER roast beef — that is amazing with mashed potatoes and also makes some delicious sandwiches the next day.

This involves coating your beef roast of choice in olive oil, seasoning generously with your favorite dry rub, or just salt and pepper. Preheat oven to 500º. Roast for 7 minutes per pound, then turn off oven but LEAVE THE OVEN DOOR SHUT and cook for an additional 20 minutes per pound. Remove the roast from the oven and cover with a piece of aluminum foil. Let the meat rest for 20 minutes before carving – VERY IMPORTANT!

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Perfect Roast Beef - Learn the ideal time & temperature for tender roast beef!

Time for some kitchen table talk. Some changes are coming to the Old Time Knowledge channel, not as much getting things off course, but rather taking things back to what it was always supposed to be. If you have a few minutes, help yourself to a cup of coffee, sit down, and let's chat.

Time for some kitchen table talk. Some changes are coming to the Old Time Knowledge channel, not as much getting things off course, but rather taking things back to what it was always supposed to be. If you have a few minutes, help yourself to a cup of coffee, sit down, and let's chat.

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This chocolate meringue pie is my grandfather's favorite! Seriously, he loves it so much when I make this for him. And I love that this particular recipe doesn't call for baker's chocolate, which I never have on hand. Instead, it calls for cocoa powder and butter. PIE FILLING INGREDIENTS * 1 cup sugar * 3 Tbsp corn starch * 3 Tbsp cocoa powder * 2 cups milk * Dash of salt * 3 egg yolks (you'll be using the whites for the meringue) * 2 Tbsp butter MERINGUE INGREDIENTS * 3 egg whites * 1/2 tsp cream of tartar * 6 Tbsp sugar

This chocolate meringue pie is my grandfather's favorite! Seriously, he loves it so much when I make this for him. And I love that this particular recipe doesn't call for baker's chocolate, which I never have on hand. Instead, it calls for cocoa powder and butter.

PIE FILLING INGREDIENTS

* 1 cup sugar
* 3 Tbsp corn starch
* 3 Tbsp cocoa powder
* 2 cups milk
* Dash of salt
* 3 egg yolks (you'll be using the whites for the meringue)
* 2 Tbsp butter

MERINGUE INGREDIENTS

* 3 egg whites
* 1/2 tsp cream of tartar
* 6 Tbsp sugar

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Chocolate Meringue Pie (Chocolate Cream Pie) - An old-school, rich, delicious, chocolate dessert 😋

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