Finding and Cooking the Perfect Prime Rib for Christmas
If you're planning on cooking prime rib, check out this recipe.
Prime rib is a very expensive "company's coming" cut of meat, and typically it only goes on sale around the holidays. Select a roast that is "marbled" with bits of fat "speckled" in the center of the roast (ask their meat manager to help you select if you have a question). This "marble" will give the roast the best flavor and ultimately the juiciest texture as the fat dissolves into the slices when baking. Another option is the "Semi-Boneless" Prime Rib. This cut does not have the large individual beef rib bones (it only has one or two). The regular prime rib bones add flavor and hold the shape of the meat while it cooks (this is important). Or you could choose a boneless beef ribeye roast. If you are going with this option, I would ask…
