Special Rib Roast

10 pounds rock salt --(3-4 lb boxes)
1 beef prime rib, roasted --(three-bone choice standing; about 5-6 lbs)
3 tablespoons
Worcestershire sauce
1 1/2 teaspoons paprika
pepper

Preheat over to 500 degrees. Pour a small amount of rock salt in a large roasting pan until bottom is evenly covered, and then pray a fine mist of water over salt with a hand-held sprayer until salt is moist and sticky. Place prime rib in the pan. Mix Worcestershire sauce and the paprika in a small bowl and pour carefully over prime rib. Using your hands, rub the mixture all over the meat. Season meat with pepper. Cover meat completely with remaining rock salt (there may be some extra left over) and spray entire surface of salt with water until moist and sticky. Place in oven and bake for 15 minutes a pound (roast will be medium rare inside) Remove from oven, let meat stand for 5 min then carefully break salt away with a kitchen mallet and remove. Brush any remainng rock salt off and slice.

Category: Beef