What to to do with tough roasted beef?

sandiep

Bunging half a bottle of red wine into the roasting tin helps. It also makes some absolutely smacking gravy.

CRANKY40

Pink is right, and next time you buy one of these joints, if you do it in the slow cooker, with an onion and some stock added, it should be ok.

katycocoa

I bought one of these from Sainsburys, a huge piece of silverside. I cooked it in the slow cooker for about 5 hours, with plenty of red wine. It was really lovely and tender, but not too tender to slice. I had loads of leftovers so used slices for sandwiches, then braised the rest, turning it into steak and onions.

valk_scot

On the rare ocassions I buy supermarket meat I never follow the label cooking instructions but instead refer to the Sainted Delia's roasting instructions for various joints. Usually there's a longer, lower temperature option for cheaper tougher cuts.

ecangel24

Ok, so my beef in red wine has turned out as tough as old boots! I think I bought the wrong type of beef. I'm not in England and I don't speak the language here. I wanted to cook something that tasted of home and now I'm all emotional! sorry! So it's been in the fan oven at 150 for 2 and a half hours. Can I save it? Its really chewy and not melt in the mouth, will it get better if i leave it for 8 hours on a lower oven. I don't know what to do! and it's a holiday here tomorrow so i cant go and get something else. sorry for being emotional.

Carolyntia

Hi don't panic. I'm not an expert on these things but I'm sure someone will be to the rescue very soon. They're a great lot on here and I'm sure they'll know what to do.

ecangel24

Thank you carolyntia!

Carolyntia

Not a problem. Take deep breaths and have a large glass of wine while you wait

wssla00

What type of beef cut is it? Can you describe it? Almost everything can be saved!

ecangel24

Well it looked like normal beef stewing steak, not as many veins of fat as |I'm used to back home, but quite a bit. It was chopped into pieces.