Caribbean Beef Roast - serves 3
Preparation time: 5 minutes, cooking time: 55 minutes
1/2 cup canned crushed pineapple
2 tbsp steak sauce
1/2 tsp curry powder
1/4 tsp ground ginger
1/8 tsp ground allspice or cloves
1 clove garlic, minced
1/2 green onion, finely chopped
1/2 small hot banana pepper, seeded and sliced
1 beef quick roast about 1 pound
In small saucepan, combine pineapple, steak sauce, curry powder, ginger, allspice, garlic, onion and banana pepper. Simmer over medium heat, stirring occasionally for 5 minutes. Set aside 1/3 cup of this sauce mixture.
Remove netting from roast. Insert meat thermometer lengthwise into centre of roast so that shaft is not visible. Place on rack in ovenproof skillet or shallow pan. Brush surface of roast with sauce mixture remaining in saucepan.
Cook 1 lb roast, uncovered, in 350�F oven 50 - 60 min or until thermometer reads 155�F for medium.
Remove roast to cutting board; tent with foil for 5 min to allow temperature to rise 5�F. Cut into thin slices across the grain and serve with the reserved 1/3 cup sauce.