Recipe - Lemon Herb Roast And Vegetables

3 pound Beef round tip or eye round
roast
Salt
Herb Seasoning:
One half cup Chopped fresh parsley
1 tablespoon Olive oil
5 Garlic cloves, crushed
2 teaspoon Grated lemon peel
One half teaspoon Pepper
Vegetables:
1 tablespoon Olive oil
1 pound New red potatoes, halved
One half pound Carrots, cut diagonally into
One half inch slices
4 Small onions, halved
2 Medium zucchini, cut into
Three fourths inch slices

Heat oven to 325 degrees. In a large bowl, combine seasoning ingredients;
remove half and reserve for beef roast. Add 1 tablespoon of olive oil to
remaining seasoning mixture in bowl, mix to blend. Add vegetables; toss to
coat. Set aside.

Press reserved seasoning mixture evenly onto surface of beef roast. place
roast, fat side up, on rack in shallow roasting pan. Insert meat
thermometer so bulb is centered in thickest part, not resting in fat.
Arrange all vegetables except zucchini on rack around roast. Do not add
water. Do not cover.

Roast beef and vegetables in 325 degree oven until rare to medium doneness.
Allow 1One half to 1Three fourths hours for round tip roast (1 hour eye round roast).
Remove roast when meat thermometer registers 135 degrees for rare, 155
degrees for medium. Tent roast with foil; let stand 15 to 20 minutes.

Meanwhile, increase oven temperature to 425 degrees. Add zucchini to
vegetables in pan; return to oven. Continue roasting vegetables 15 to 20
minutes or until tender.

Trim fat from roast, if necessary. Carve roast into thin slices; season
with salt, as desired. Serve with roasted vegetables.

Posted By pgl@iglou.com (Don Thomas) On rec.food.recipes or
rec.food.cooking

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