Standing Rib Roast With Porcini And Bacon Sauce

Total Time: 5 hrs Preparation Time: 2 hrs Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 6 large garlic cloves
• 3 tablespoons fresh thyme leaves
• 2 1/2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 tablespoons kosher salt
• 1 tablespoon fresh coarse ground black pepper
• 8 1/2-9 lbs beef rib roast

Recipe

• 1 with processor running, drop garlic through feed tube and chop finely.
• 2 scrape down bowl.
• 3 add thyme, oil, salt, and pepper; blend to paste.
• 4 pat roast dry with paper towels.
• 5 place roast, bone side down, in roasting pan.
• 6 cut several shallow slits in fat.
• 7 press some garlic paste into slits.
• 8 rub remaining garlic paste all over roast.
• 9 (can be prepared 1 day ahead. cover with plastic wrap and chill. uncover and let stand at room temperature 2 hours before roasting.).
• 10 position rack in bottom third of oven and preheat to 450°f
• 11 roast beef 20 minutes.
• 12 reduce oven temperature to 350°f
• 13 roast until thermometer inserted into beef from center of top registers 125°f to 130°f for medium-rare, about 1 hour 50 minutes. transfer to platter; reserve roasting pan with juices for porcini and bacon sauce.
• 14 let roast stand at least 20 minutes and up to 1 hour.
• 15 serve roast with sauce, horseradish cream, and popovers.
• 16 meat tip:
• 17 buy the best beef you can afford — at least usda choice, preferably usda prime — and let it marinate up to 36 hours in the garlic-herb paste.
• 18 premium-grade roasts can be ordered for you by any supermarket meat department.