Ok, I scored a bargain last night at woolies and picked up a roast beef topside type of meat thing - trouble is - I've never cooked a roast before and don't know how long to cook it for and at what temp.
I have an easy cooker type thing that is like a little oven that sits on the bench - fan forced type of thing - thats how my mum does all of hers, and thats why I have one - but I don't even have the instruction manual for it. So not only do I not have the knowledge of how to COOK a roast in the first place, I also don't know how to use my easy cooker to do it!!! LOL
Does anyone out there either have an easy cooker they can help me with temps and stuff (could just be the same as a normal fan forced oven??) and how long to cook the piece of meat for?
I dont know about the easy cooker thing... but if you did it in the oven you would do it at about 180 - 200 for a couple of hrs depending on the size of the meat.
I cook roast chickens in the over at about 180 - 200 for 2 -3 hrs...
Its about 1.14kg in weight - so its not a HUGE piece of meat or anything. My mum just took a panicked call from me saying OMG WHAT THE HELL DO I DO MUM - and she's like, um dunno, I'd have to check my book... rofl.. thanks!!!!
But she said that she does chooks for 1.5 hours (size 9) on 230 degrees - so is it the same for cooking roast beef as for chooks? lol... I've never cooked a roast chook either!!! PMSL
Ok well a size 9 chicken is 900gm (the number relates to the grams) so you're going to have to put it on longer than that, maybe 2 hours?? I'm not real sure sorry hun.
Preheat it to 180, drizzle with olive oil salt and pepper stick it in a tray and put it in.
The problem with these little buggers is you can burn the top, so you will have to turn it over after about 50 mins. It will probably take about 2 hours. So get it on now.
In a normal oven it's about an hour for every kilo (at about 180) for a roast, depending on whether you like your meat well done, medium or rare. We tend to go with medium-well, so you might want a little longer than that. Turn the meat a couple of times if your oven is making anything look black!
If you're roasting vegies as well, potatoes need almost as long as the meat (sometimes longer if it's a smallish piece), so don't wait too long to put them in.
We use plenty of olive oil and a marinade (if the butcher sells it with one LOL) on the meat, just oil on the vegies.
I have no idea on the easy cooker, but I'd google it!
I was in the same boat last week ( but not with an easy cooker ) Am not a roast type of gal so had no idea what to do with what I'd bought.
Luckily the M&T Roast Beef I'd bought had instructions on it! Don't know if it makes a difference the cut but it said to do the 1kg roast in a fan forced oven at 180C (so 200 for non fan forced) for an hour then pull it out cover with foil and rest it for 15 minutes. B I though it was a little too pink in the middle for my liking) so I'd do it for another 10 minutes if again. I have a slow cooker but no idea how it works - try googling easy cooker's brand and see if you can get the instruction manual?
pretty much what the others said I just had to come in here because when I saw the title and saw that it was in Recipes and cooking I was waiting to see "how do I boil water" hahahah pmsl
Mel if it makes you feel better i have only cooked a roast ' twice ' & wasn't game enough to ask for help like you, and the roasts turned out to be NOT a pretty sight
... Thanks to you i NOW know how to make a roast with EVERYONE'S helpful replies here
Ok this is embarrassing.. but I need help!
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