Deli Meat

I don’t know if you use deli meat, but I refuse to pay $5.00+ a pound for deli lunch meat. I found that if you purchase your meat raw and cook it how you like it, you can slice it yourself. I had gone to a bag sale with my husband and he spotted a 70’s meat slicer. It was a “lovely” yellow color, but it was in good condition. I started to use it and found that it has added a new dimension to my lunches. When you’re pregnant your not supposed to each lunch meat since there is a certain bacteria that tends to grow on lunch meats because most suppermarkets don’t clean their slicers well enough. So, I rarely purchase lunch meat but miss them a lot. But by slicing the meat my self, I can make my own deli meat. This week, Hannaford had a sale on a bottom round roast for $1.98 a pound. I cooked it up and sliced it and can freeze some and save the rest for sandwiches this week. Roast beef is usually $6.99 a pound so I saved almost $4.00 a pound.

Now, I found this great recipe for making roast beef like the deli does. Here it is:

Awesome Deli Roast Beef
Top or Bottom round roast (not too fatty)
Seasonings to taste (I like Watkins 6 Onion Soup Base)

Bring roast to room tempature by leaving it out of the refrig. for about 1/2-1 hour. Meanwhile, preheat oven to 500F. When at room tempature, season to taste and place in a shallow baking dish. Turn oven down to 475F and put roast in oven for 5 minutes per pound for medium rare, 8 minutes per pound for medium. *Note: This may smoke due to the extreme heat of the oven, but I haven’t ever had a problem with a fire or anything like that. After the you cooked it for the amount of time per pound, turn the oven off but DON’T open the oven for 2-3 hours. This is important because the heat will continue to cook it. I know it is tempting to peak, but don’t…you’ll ruin your roast.

This roast will be red and cooked on the inside but oh so tender. I made this last night and it made a wonderful roastbeef sandwich. My husband prefers his meat to be well done, so I made a hot roast beef sandwich for him and put it under the broiler for 5 minutes and that cooked the beef to well done. If you try this recipe, please post your comments and let me know how you like it.