traditional holiday meals

Every Christmas, when Sam’s puts them on sale, I’ll buy a prime rib roast to make prime rib with red wine sauce. I use the same recipe I’ve been using since my husband and I got married almost 22 years ago. Though, like a lot of my recipes from when we first married, I won’t be able to tell you where it came from. Except that it was a very small cookbook.

This recipe is a family hit. And it never gets old. Plus, the sauce is the perfect combo for the roast. Moreover, it’s easy to make. I hope you enjoy it as much as we do.

Ingredients for the Roast:

1 4-6 lb prime rib roast
3 garlic cloves, minced
1 tbsp each of coarsely ground mixed peppercorns, mustard seed, Worcestershire sauce, and Dijon mustard

Ingredients for the Wine Sauce:

2 or 3 minced green onions
1 c red Zinfandel wine; you can also use Pinot Noir or Merlot
14 1/2 oz of ready-to-serve beef broth
1/4 c all purpose flour

Instructions for Prime Rib with Red Wine Sauce:

Heat oven to 450°F. With the tip of a knife, make shallow slits in surface of prime rib. Then insert minced garlic. Next, mix ground peppercorns, mustard seed, Worcestershire sauce and Dijon mustard well. And spread over the surface of the roast. Place the roast on a rack in a shallow roasting pan.
Bake at 450°F for 15 mins. Then reduce to 350 to cook for an additional hour to 1 1/2 hours. Or until meat thermometer inserted in the center registers 140°F for rare.
Remove the roast from the pan and cover with foil to keep warm. And remove all but 2 tbsp of drippings from the pan. Add the diced green onions, and cook over medium heat for 2-3 minutes or until the onions are tender. Then incorporate the wine. Continue cooking over medium high heat until mixture boils, scraping brown bits from the bottom of the pan.
In a small bowl, mix together broth and flour, and stir into wine mixture. Cook until mixture comes to a boil, stirring frequently. Then boil until slightly thickened. Finally, slice the roast, and serve with the sauce.
Finally, enjoy with your favorite sides.

What’s your family’s traditional meal for the holidays? Did you make this prime rib with red sauce? How did it go?

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