Rib roast, SV mashed potatoes, salad, and fresh bread

tarheelmatt

Local place had rib roasts on sale for $7.89lb, so I snagged about a 4lb slab.  Last night I did a dry brine consisted of salt, pepper, fresh garlic, and Meat Church Holy Cow.  

SV arrived yesterday and wanted to test it out.  Went with @Thatgrimguy method of mashed potatoes, and they turned out beautifully.  I didn't even put much time into them after the bath.  

Made probably my best loaf of fresh bread yet.  Still have some work to do though.  The crumb was great, but no height.  I had great height, but when I sliced before placing in the oven, it deflated.  Still great though.  

Did a simple salad/wedge with onion, tomato, cucumber, bacon, and ranch.  Thought I had some blue cheese, but didn't.  Ranch is still good though.  

Pictures of the day.... 

1 - Roast sitting at room temp.  





2 - Sous Vide doing work



3 - Going on the Egg.  The fresh garlic was placed on top and I roasted the roast and garlic every so often and add butter too.  




4 - Bread




5 - The roast is looking great here!  




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Thanks for taking a look! 

theyolksonyou

Very nice! Pic 5&6....

Mattman3969

Is that all you got...

Mattman3969

Lol. 

tarheelmatt

Mattman3969 said:

Is that all you got...

How about a 2 year old with a UNC coozie for her juice and water on the rocks in a Minnie Mouse night gown? 

Mattman3969

Only thing that would make that any better is if it were a UK coozie on her cup!!  Sweet looking girl you've got there.  

Biggreenpharmacist

With a dog in the background.....

StillH2OEgger

Wow, does that look great. Just wonderful.

tarheelmatt

Mattman3969 said:

Only thing that would make that any better is if it were a UK coozie on her cup!!  Sweet looking girl you've got there.  

Thanks brother. I decided not to read the first sentence though.  

Biggreenpharmacist

And thanks a lot matt, you blew my prime rib outta the water. 

tarheelmatt

Biggreenpharmacist said:

And thanks a lot matt, you blew my prime rib outta the water. 

Just took a look and yours isn't shabby I'll tell you that!  Your crust looks delish.  I wasn't very happy with the my sliced portion.  Look was off, but tasted really good.  

tarheelmatt

StillH2OEgger said:

Wow, does that look great. Just wonderful.

Thanks my man!  

Chubbs

Dude.... Outta the park 

Biggreenpharmacist

I used meat church holy cow for the first time. I liked it pretty well. I cooked mine a little more done than usual cuz mrs pharm prefers that. 

tarheelmatt

Biggreenpharmacist said:

I used meat church holy cow for the first time. I liked it pretty well. I cooked mine a little more done than usual cuz mrs pharm prefers that. 

I find I have to use more salt with it, but I like it for the most part.  

tarheelmatt

Chubbs said:

Dude.... Outta the park 

Thanks Chubbs!  

JohnnyTarheel

Great looking meal Matt!!  Glad you got the eggs off the trailer..  

Biggreenpharmacist

tarheelmatt said:

Biggreenpharmacist said:

I used meat church holy cow for the first time. I liked it pretty well. I cooked mine a little more done than usual cuz mrs pharm prefers that. 

I find I have to use more salt with it, but I like it for the most part.  

I was happy with it. Will probably add a little extra something next time. I like the crust I got searing it on the griddle before smoking it. I ususlly do reverse sear. Just wanted to try a different approach. 

tarheelmatt

JohnnyTarheel said:

Great looking meal Matt!!  Glad you got the eggs off the trailer..  

Thanks buddy! I'm glad too. Missed cooking on them.

 Biggreenpharmacist said:

tarheelmatt said:

Biggreenpharmacist said:

I used meat church holy cow for the first time. I liked it pretty well. I cooked mine a little more done than usual cuz mrs pharm prefers that. 

I find I have to use more salt with it, but I like it for the most part.  

I was happy with it. Will probably add a little extra something next time. I like the crust I got searing it on the griddle before smoking it. I ususlly do reverse sear. Just wanted to try a different approach. 

You should have been, it looked killer.  

bgebrent

Nice cook Matt.  Looks great!  How'd you like the SV mashers?  Any different?

northGAcock

Oh my.....those are some beautiful shots of your cook. No need to thank us for looking....thank you for sharing.

I know McKenzie had a great meal to celebrate Mothers Day. Have to ask....how did you wrap her present?

NC_Egghead

Nice cook Matt! I need to try a roast one of these days. How many servings did you get out of that one?

tarheelmatt

bgebrent said:

Nice cook Matt.  Looks great!  How'd you like the SV mashers?  Any different?

Very different.  The flavor of the taters are very taterish (not really a word, but the flavor is concentrated, which makes sense as you're cooking with butter, cream, and potatoes only). 

Bad thing is, I was outside getting the roast finished up and my wife was to mash and finish up the potatoes, but as luck has it, little princess was getting fired up a little.  I didn't spend much more time on the taters like I wanted to, but they were still very good.  My brother killed them.  

northGAcock said:

Oh my.....those are some beautiful shots of your cook. No need to thank us for looking....thank you for sharing.

I know McKenzie had a great meal to celebrate Mothers Day. Have to ask....how did you wrap her present?

Thank you for the kind words Robin.  

Kenzie loved her day.  Made her breakfast (pancakes, link sausage, bacon, hash browns, and eggs), got her a little gift (in a bag), and cooked her this dinner.  I took it easy on the wrapping this time.  NC_Egghead said:

Nice cook Matt! I need to try a roast one of these days. How many servings did you get out of that one?

Thanks!  

With the bone in, it could be tricky, but I would say 4-5 servings.  We ate three last night and have a big slab left over.  

saluki2007

Wow!  Amazing shots and great look grub as usual Matt.

RRog17

Looks perfect! Great pics!

Dyal_SC

Boom!!    Looks fantastic.  Happy Mothers Day to your bride.  

Thatgrimguy

DUDE incredible!!!!!  Absolutely incredible presentation and meal. That bread looks top notch!!! Glad you enjoyed the Potatoes!

tarheelmatt

Thatgrimguy said:

DUDE incredible!!!!!  Absolutely incredible presentation and meal. That bread looks top notch!!! Glad you enjoyed the Potatoes!

Thanks Scott!  Thanks for your help too.  

I'm having issues with getting good height with my bread.  As soon as I cut my slots, the sucker deflated.  It rose a little bit more while in the oven. 

I did this batch fresh.  Mixed, let rise for 2 hours, then made two loaves from it.  Maybe that was my problem.  I'll try the refrigerated dough tonight maybe. I'm getting there, slowly but surely.   

tarheelmatt

saluki2007 said:

Wow!  Amazing shots and great look grub as usual Matt.

Thanks man, I appreciate it.  

RRog17 said:

Looks perfect! Great pics!

Thanks man!  Dyal_SC said:

Boom!!    Looks fantastic.  Happy Mothers Day to your bride.  

Thanks Craig!  I'll tell her this evening. 

Legume

Beautiful stuff Matt.

THEBuckeye

Winning!