If you aren't a restaurant chef or caterer, you probably don’t want to cook a 40-pound round roast, which is what most Buffalo chefs use. But a nice eye of round, 4 to 6 pounds, works fine.

　　

Ingredients

a 4- to 6-pound beef eye round roast

　　

Step 1

1. Let meat stand at cool room temperature about 45 minutes before roasting.

　　

Step 2

2. Preheat oven to 450°F.

　　

Step 3

3. Put roast on a metal rack in a roasting pan (fat side up) and sprinkle generously with salt and pepper.

　　

Step 4

4. Add about 1/4 inch water to bottom of pan and put roast in middle of oven. Immediately reduce temperature to 350°F and roast meat until an instant-read thermometer inserted in center registers 120°F. Cooking time will vary—it will be anywhere from 10 to 20 minutes per pound—depending on size of roast. (120°F means rare, which is traditional for beef on weck. Internal temperature of meat will rise about 5°F as roast stands.)

　　

Step 5

5. Let roast stand, loosely covered with foil, 10 to 15 minutes before slicing.