12 Showstopping Prime Rib Roasts to Make for Christmas
If you're looking for a main course to anchor your holiday menu, look no further than a Christmas prime rib roast. The tender, juicy roast will not only be the most impressive (and delicious) thing on the table, but it's also easy to make. These recipes are some of our favorite showstopping savory delights, includingSalt-and-Pepper Crusted Prime Rib with Sage Jus,Beef Rib Roast, and the classicStanding Rib Roast of Beef. Read on for even more Christmas prime rib roasts for your holiday dinner.
Three-Ingredient Prime Rib Roast
Coffee and prime rib seem like unlikely partners, but this delicious roast accentuates their earthy qualities that makes them a natural match.
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Pepper-Crusted Prime Rib Roast
Chef Marcela Valladolid coats prime rib with a mix of soy sauce, ground chile, garlic, and peppercorns, which forms a peppery crust around the juicy meat.
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Prime Rib Roast with Horseradish Cream
What's the secret to this gorgeous Christmas roast? Chef Michael Tusk bastes it with a fragrant garlic-thyme butter before roasting it in the oven.
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Standing Rib Roast of Beef
这种传统的itional roasting method is an adaptation of the classic English approach.
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Pepper-Crusted Prime Rib Roast with Mushroom-Armagnac
F&W Best New Chef 2004 Melissa Perello keeps prime rib extra juicy by having the butcher leave the fat cap on before tying the beef and roasting everything in a bath of butter.
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Salt-and-Pepper Crusted Prime Rib with Sage Jus
"The great thing about doing a whole rib roast is that you don't have to concentrate," says chef Michael Mina. "Put it in the oven and then you can focus on all the dishes that go along with it."
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Vodka-Marinated Rib Roast
Chef Jeremiah Tower's vodka marinade tenderizes the meat, while salting it before cooking develops flavor and a crust.
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Prime Rib with Sour Cherry Conserva, Truffle and Chocolate
F&W Best New Chef 2017 Angie Mar is a master with meat, like this enormous, completely fabulous dry-aged beef rib roast. Mar's trick is to take the meat out of the oven for 30 minutes during its overall cooking time, which creates evenly cooked and perfectly juicy meat throughout the roast.
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Garlic-Butter Rib Roast
This impressive, flavor-packed rib roast is perfect for a celebration. The secret? A compound butter made with garlic, anchovies, herbs, and shallot. Half of it is slathered all over the roast before it goes into the oven; the other half is rolled up into a log, chilled, and then sliced into medallions to serve with each slice of beef.
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Rosemary-Pepper Beef Rib Roast with Porcini Jus
在这个牛肉肋烤食谱的late renowned chef Floyd Cardoz, the meat is seared in a preheated pan in the oven, saving stove space. The method also helps the meat cook more quickly.
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Beef Rib Roast
Butcher Jocelyn Guest salts this rib roast in the fridge overnight to amp up its terrific flavor. To cook, she roasts it at low heat, for meltingly tender meat, before giving it a blast of high heat to develop a golden crust.
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Sea Salt Rib Roast
Showering the roast with a handful of English Maldon salt adds an extra layer of crunch to the roast's crust. The sliced roast is then further seasoned with sel gris, a coarse sea salt with deep minerality that pairs beautifully with beef.