Strip Roast with Maple Bourbon Bacon Glaze

Yield: 12 servings

Ingredients

5 to 6 pound Certified Angus Beef strip roast

Coarse sea salt to taste

Fresh cracked pepper to taste

4 ounces bacon, diced

1/2 cup (4 ounces) beef stock

1/2 cup (4 ounces) maple syrup

1/2 cup (4 ounces) brewed coffee, at room temperature

1 Tablespoon bourbon

Directions:

Generously season strip roast with salt and pepper. Refrigerate overnight.

Preheat oven to 450 degrees F

Place roast, fat side up, on a roasting rack in a roasting pan. Brown in oven for 15 to 20 minutes, reduce oven temperature to 325 degrees F and continue roasting until it reaches desired doneness, approximately 70 minutes for medium rare.

While roast is cooking, prepare glaze.

Cook bacon until golden. Strain bacon and reserve fat, keeping both at room temperature.

In a medium saucepan over medium heat, combine beef stock and maple syrup. Using a wooden spoon, stir occasionally until syrup becomes a deep mahogany color, approximately 20 minutes. Add half the coffee; stand back as it will boil vigorously. When boiling slows down, whisk in remaining coffee and bourbon. Simmer an additional 5 minutes. Whisk in reserved bacon fat.

Remove roast from oven at 10 degrees below target doneness and allow to rest 10 minutes before carving (roast will continue to cook). Serve warm glaze over roast, adding bacon into glaze, or on top as a garnish.

Recipe Source and Photo: Certified Angus Beef

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