Roast potatoes crisp-wise

Ingredients: for the Roast Beef:

4 to 5 pounds beef roast—like sirloin or ribeye
Taste-based salt and pepper
Two teaspoons of olive oil
Four minced garlic cloves
Two fresh rosemary tsp, chopped
With regard to the fondant potatoes:
Six big peeled and chopped potatoes in cylinders.

one half cup unsalted butter
One cup either beef or chicken broth
fresh thyme sprigs

1. Roasting the beef:

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