Have You Ever Heard of Sirloin Spoon Roast?

     I needed something for supper, so I checked the Whole Food weekly flyer online.  This week they were featuring a sirloin spoon roast, priced $5.99 per pound, which was 50% off.

   In all my years, I've never heard of this before. I decided I'd get one, but I normally wouldn't pay six dollars a pound for something unless it was really special. 

   Thank goodness for the Internet. I did a search on spoon roast recipes. The first method I looked at called for cooking the roast at 225 degrees for 6-8 hours. Since it was already late afternoon, I knew this method wouldn't for me. It also said that this method yielded little to no juices. So I scrolled down to the next search result.

   Here I found what I was looking for. A fool proof method for cooking this amazing piece of beef. You choose a roast that's 4-8 pounds. Set the oven to 500 degrees. Cook uncovered for 5 minutes per pound. I used a heavy glass baking pan, oval shaped.

    My roast was 4.30 pounds. There were only two roasts to choose from, and I chose the larger one. These roasts have no bone, it's all meat and not too much fat.  I coated the meat with salt, pepper, and flour. Normally, I would've put an onion in, but with this method I couldn't.  I did throw a couple chunks of butter under and on top.

    The meat cooked for just over 20 minutes. I could hear it sizzling away. Here's the fun part: Shut off the oven, and let the roast sit for two hours. Voila!! When the two hours are up, you have a medium rare, juicy chunk of meat!  It made it's own gravy too. All I had to do was heat it up in a saucepan. The meat was still warm, but I didn't want it to cook any further. So I used to gravy as a  dipping sauce, which heated the meat enough.

    The article called spoon roast "a poor man's prime rib, or better". I would have to agree, it looked just like prime rib when I went to carve it! You know that solid pink, super tender look that prime rib has. Mmmm.  And they call it a spoon roast because you're supposed to be able to cut it with a spoon. I didn't actually try this, but I will say it melts in your mouth!

   I wish I had taken picture of the roast, in all stages of the cooking process. I know I'll be going back to Whole Food for a few more of these while they're on sale, and I'll post pix the next time I cook one. 

  From the comments on the sites, Whole Food seems to be the only place that sells them. My next stop, the Restaurant Depot. Wonder if they have them there!

  So what's for supper tonight? Leftovers, of course! I served last night's meal with real mashed potatoes (as opposed to instant), and organic carrots. Tonight I'll probably make rice and maybe spinach. Bon Appetite!