Top Sirloin Roast with Bordelaise Sauce
Entertaining doesn't get any easier than this! A few simple ingredients and a rich, silky sauce will make this a memorable meal.
Servings: 6 servings
Calories: 301kcal
Ingredients
- 3 lb boneless top sirloin roast
- salt and pepper
- 1 medium red onion chopped
- 1 lb cremini mushrooms trimmed and halved
- Bordelaise Sauce
Instructions
- Remove roast from the fridge about 1 hour before putting it in the oven.
- Pat roast dry with paper towel and sprinkle salt and pepper on all sides.
- Preheat oven to 450° F.
- Lightly oil the bottom of the roast pan. Lay chopped onion on the bottom of the roast pan. Lay roast on onions or a rack over the onions, fat cap side up.
- Cook 15 minutes and then reduce the oven to 350°F. Add the mushrooms to the bottom of the roaster at this point.
- Continue roasting until internal temperature reaches 120 for rare, 130 for medium rare, 140 for medium; 150 for medium/well and 155 for well done.
- Remove roast from the baking pan and transfer to a carving platter. Cover loosly with foil and allow the roast to reast at least 10 minutes. (The larger the roast the longer the tenting period.)
- Carve the roast and spread onions and mushrooms around the outside. Serve with Bordelaise Sauce.
Notes
Wine Pairing
If you serve the roast with Bordelaise sauce, serve the same Bordeaux wine you used to make the sauce, if possible. Failing that, try to use a similar wine (a different Bordeaux).
If serving with gravy, or plain, any dry red wine will go nicely. You can afford to pick a 'big' red wine ie, a robust flavour with lots of tannins, because the protein in the roast will bond with the tannins and soften them out. So that means - an oaked Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec, Rioja, Cab Franc, Chianti, Brunello, or Barolo would all be wonderful here.
On the white spectrum - again you could afford to look for a rich, oaked Chardonnay or a white Bordeaux blend.
Nutrition
Calories: 301kcal | Carbohydrates: 5g | Protein: 51g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 125mg | Sodium: 137mg | Potassium: 1130mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 1IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 63mg | Iron: 4mg