Carol,
Fool-Proof recipe for cooking a Prime Rib... works everytime...
#1 and MOST IMPORTANT! Use a cooking Thermometer!
For Roast
1 three-rib prime rib of beef (about 7 pounds)
Kitchen Bouquet
Garlic slivers
S&P
Preparation
Cut slits in rib roast and insert garlic slivers.
About 2 hours before you plan to cook the beef, remove it from the refrigerator. Rub all over with Kitchen Bouquet and S&P.
Place beef, fat side up, in a roasting pan and allow it to come to room temperature. Meanwhile, heat the oven to 450F.
Roast:
DO NOT OPEN OVEN DOOR DURING COOKING TIME!
Cook beef at 450F for 30 minutes.
then reduce temperature to 350F and continue roasting until a digital thermometer inserted into meat (away from bone) registers 115°F (for rare).
about 1 hour to 1 hour 15 minutes longer.
Let rest 20 minutes.
Carve and serve.
Slice meat away from ribs, cutting along the bones.
Then, slice meat crosswise to desired thickness.
Serve.
