Roast Prime Rib with Herb Crust

By KimberlyB

Ingredients

• One 4-4 1/2-pound prime rib roast of beef (2 ribs), trimmed and tied, at room temperature
• 1 tablespoon minced fresh rosemary, or 1 teaspoon dried
• 1 tablespoon minced fresh thyme, or 1 teaspoon dried
• 1 tablespoon minced fresh sage, or 1 teaspoon dried
• 4 garlic cloves, crushed to a paste

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
Place meat, fat side up, in a roasting pan. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Combine rosemary, thyme, sage and garlic in a bowl. Rub the herb mixture all over the roast.
Roast 20 minutes, or until well browned. Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees F and continue to roast until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the meat (away from bone) registers 125 degrees F for medium-rare, about 1 hour.
Let stand, loosely tented with foil, 20 to 30 minutes. The temperature will continue to rise while roast rests. Carve roast into slices.