Standing Rib Roast With Pate

Total Time: 31 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 min

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 slices bacon, minced
• 1 small onion, minced
• 5 ounces mushrooms, minced
• 5 ounces prepared peppercorn pate
• 1/2 cup dry breadcrumbs
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
• 1/2 teaspoon dried herbs
• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• 6 -7 lbs standing rib roast

Recipe

• 1 place bacon in a frying pan.
• 2 heat gently until beginning to soften.
• 3 add onion and mushrooms.
• 4 cook, stirring, for about 3 minutes.
• 5 season to taste.
• 6 transfer to a bowl.
• 7 mix in pate, breadcrumbs, parsley, herbs and egg.
• 8 preheat oven to 450f.
• 9 cut a pocket in the meat along the rib bones and outer layer of fat.
• 10 fill this pocket with the pate mixture and secure with a skewer if necessary.
• 11 place meat in a baking dish, fat side up (the bones make a natural rack).
• 12 roast meat for 3 minutes at this high temperature then reduce temperature to 350f.
• 13 continue to roast for a further 1 ½ hour or until done to taste.
• 14 allow to rest for 15 minutes before carving.
• 15 note: calculate cooking time for your roast at 20 minutes (at 350f) per pound.
• 16 this will achieve a roast that is well done outside and rare inside.