Asado Con Pimienta Negra (Roast Beef and Blac

Title: Asado Con Pimienta Negra (Roast Beef and Blac
Yield: 16 Servings
Categories: Meats, Ethnic, Main Dishes 

Ingredients: 

     10 lb Top round, trimmed of fat
    1/3 c  Black peppercorns
      1 ts Ground cardamon


    Wipe the meat on all sides and tie with kitchen string. Place peppercorns
  between waxed paper, and with a rolling pin or meat mallet, crack the
  peppercorns. Mix the cracked peppercorns with cardamon and press the
  mixture into the meat, covering the entire surface. Place meat on a rack in
  a roasting pan and let sit at room temperature for 30 minutes before
  cooking.
    Preheat oven to 500 deg F. Place the pan on the middle rack of the oven
  and roast for 1-1/4 hr for rare; 1-2/3 hr for medium. Remove from oven and
  let stand 20 minutes before carving.
  
  From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini