His Girl Friday: Hot Open-Faced Roast Beef Sandwich w/Roasted Shallot Brown Gravy

Serves 4

2 pounds roast beef, thinly sliced (See above - either make or buy at market)

8 slices good-quality white, rye, or sourdough bread

for the gravy:

4-4 1/2 ounces shallots, peeled and ends snipped

1/2 teaspoon ground thyme

1 tablespoons olive oil

2 tablespoons butter

3 tablespoons AP flour

2 1/2 cups beef broth

2 tablespoons cooking sherry

1-2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce (to your taste)

salt and pepper to taste

Preheat over to 425F.

In a bowl, toss shallots with olive oil to coat, sprinkle with thyme, then arrange on some aluminum foil or nonstick roasting pan. Place in over for about 20-25 minutes until soft and caramelized. Return to bowl and mash.

Melt the butter in a skillet over medium heat. Add flour, stirring regularly, for about 5 minutes or until you get a medium tan color. Add shallot mash and stir to combine. Cook for another 2 minutes.

Whisk in beef broth, then the sherry, and then the Worcestershire sauce. Simmer, occasionally stirring until the gravy thickens, about 5 minutes. Salt and pepper to taste.

To serve: On each plate, place two slices of bread. (If you want to be like Burns and Hildy, have some mustard on it. Bruce, of course, has his without. Me, I'll have a dab of horseradish, thank you.) Equally divide roast beef over the bread. Then pour the gravy on top. I recommend accompanying with some kind of potato - mashed, roasted, scalloped, or fries. White or sweet. Your choice.

Also, I'm fine with beer, but if you want to drink what Burns and Hildy have, pour yourself a hot cup of java and add a little rum (no rum for Bruce)... because you never know when it's gonna rain.

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