How To Cook Silverside

How To Cook Silverside How To Cook Silverside Silverside is the comparatively tough part of the cow and consequently the silverside beef is hard to cook and takes a very long time. So if you want to know how to cook silverside, make sure that you have plenty of time on your hands to cook this dish. When you buy the beef from the butcher, make him extract the tough skin on the silverside and clean it properly. But you can be sure that once the dish is cooked, you will find it difficult to keep everyone away from the dish.

The most important thing to remember while cooking in an oven is to allow it to be preheated. So heat up the oven to about 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
Next, you can season the beef before cooking so that it gets cooked faster and tastes much better too. For the seasoning, you need to rub salt and freshly crushed pepper to the silverside.
Then you need to brown up your silverside. Take a little oil in a skillet and heat it. Then put the silverside on it and cook both sides for about 3 minutes each so that it gets nicely browned up.
You need a nice baking pan for cooking the silverside. Let us place the silverside on the baking pan and find out how to cook silverside.
Before you cook the silverside, you need to prepare the gravy. Cut the onions and garlic into small pieces and fry in a little oil. Use the skillet for this purpose. You need not throw away the juices of the silverside, but add them to the gravy. To make the gravy tastier, add some paprika and Worcestershire sauce and stir to keep the gravy uniform. Your gravy will cook for 5-6 minutes.
Then cut carrots into fine shreds and add to the gravy. Add the remaining beef stock too. Bring to boiling and then cook over low flame for about 15 minutes. Keep on stirring and add more salt and pepper for taste.
After 15 minutes, take out the gravy from the skillet and pour it over the silverside in the baking pan. Then cover the entire pan with aluminum foil and place it inside the oven.
You need to be a bit patient while the silverside cooks in the oven because it will take around 5 hours to be properly done. After 5 hours, take the pan out from the oven.
Take out the aluminum foil and take a look at the gravy. Keep the silverside aside and pour the gravy out onto the skillet. Heat the gravy until it thickens. If it does not thicken according to your liking then add some flour till you get your desired thickness.
Keep the silverside on a plate and divide into portions. Then pour out the thickened gravy on the silverside and serve.

You have had your lessons in how to cook silverside. Although it is not difficult, yet it takes a lot of time to cook. But you are sure to get a delicious dish in the process.