The Best Prime Rib

 There is nothing and I mean nothing that taste better than a fine well cooked slice of Prime Rib practically melting in your mouth....

Thing is, not everybody fixes Prime Rib well....Here is a recipe and a few tips about preparing Prime Rib well...I call this, Prime Rib for dummies.

INGREDIENTS_

• 4 pounds prime rib roast
• 1/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1 tablespoon freshly ground black pepper

• 1 teaspoon herbes de Provence
• kosher salt

DIRECTIONS-

1. Place rib roast on a plate and bring to room temperature, about 4 hours.
2. Preheat an oven to 500 degrees F (260 degrees C).
3. Combine butter, pepper, and herbes de Provence in a bowl; mix until well blended. Spread butter mixture evenly over entire roast. Season roast generously with kosher salt.
4. Roast the 4-pound prime rib (see footnote if using a larger and smaller roast) in the preheated oven for 20 minutes. Turn the oven off and, leaving the roast in the oven with the door closed, let the roast sit in the oven for 2 hours. Remove roast from the oven, slice, and serve.

DON'T SWEAT THE TECHNIQUE-

 Your cooking times will vary depending on the size of your prime rib roast. To calculate your cooking time, multiply the exact weight of the roast by 5. Round the resulting number to the nearest whole number. The rib is cooked at 500 degrees F for exactly that many minutes. For example, for a 6 pound roast: 6x5=30, so cooking time is 30 minutes. Turn the oven off and wait 2 hours before opening the oven door. Remove the prime rib and slice into the most perfectly medium-rare meat you've ever seen.

Enjoy!  Eat Well My Friends..


DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF MY COOKING IDOL- ANTHONY BOURDAIN (June 25,1956- June 8, 2018, Rest in Peace Good Brother !)

Best Lasagne Ever

Definitely not something you can prepare fast on a work night, but something very worth it...Lasagne...The ultimate in Italian comfort food..

INGREDIENTS-

12	lasagna noodles
1 pound	sweet Italian sausage link
1 pound	ground beef
2 tablespoons	garlic (pressed or minced)
2 tablespoons	sugar
½ tablespoon	salt
1 ½ tablespoons	sweet basil
to taste	pepper
2 tablespoons	parsley
20 ounces	tomatoes (diced)

1                             Egg

DIRECTIONS:

1. Preheat oven to 375°F.
2. Boil noodles and drain (you may also use uncooked noodles).
3. Sauté garlic, sugar and salt.
4. Add sausage and ground beef and brown, breaking into small crumbles.
5. Add basil, pepper, tomatoes and paste; simmer 20-30 minutes until sauce thickens.
6. Mix together in bowl, ricotta, egg and parsley (add milk if it's too thick).
7. Layer sauce to cover bottom of pan, noodles 1/2 of ricotta mixture, 1/4 c of parmesan, noodles, ricotta, mozzarella, sauce and parmesan.
8. Bake covered for 25 minutes.
9. Uncover and bake another 25 minutes.
10. Let cool about 10-15 minutes then cut and serve.
11. Leftovers may be frozen and then heated in the oven until hot and melty.
12. Goes great with crusty garlic toast and a salad.

Serve with a nice red wine!

 Enjoy!  Eat and drink Well My Friends!