Infallible Roast Meat

I went out for dinner and had this delicious roast at a friend's. She promised me the recipe but I did not get it. I was thrilled to find it in an old cookbook my grandmother had bought for me originally published in 1950.

• Ready In: 3 hrs 10 mins
• Serves: 8

Ingredients

• 1 1⁄2 kg beef roast
• 60  g tomato paste (not puree)
• 125  g  French onion soup mix

Directions

1. Place unseasoned meat on a large sheet of thick aluminium foil. (double if necessary).
2. Spread entire surface of meat with tomato paste, and then sprinkle over the soup mix.
3. Wrap it up securely in the foil so no juices can escape during the cooking time.
4. Place in uncovered roasting dish in a preheated 180 degrees celcius oven.
5. Cook for 3 hours and do not touch the entire time!.
6. When ready you can strain the gravy and pass it along separately.