Off-Oven Roast Beef

• 4 to 6 main courses, with leftovers for sandwiches
• 2 hours 30 minutes
• Sam Sifton
• Meat

In a small bowl, mix together salt, pepper, garlic, olive oil and red-pepper flakes to create a kind of paste. Rub this all over the roast. Place beef in a roasting pan or cast-iron skillet, fat-side up, and put in oven. Cook undisturbed for 5 minutes per pound.