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Thai Style Beef Salad
Serves 4
500g beef sirloin or backstrap, trimmed
Salad
3 cups mixed lettuce leaves
12 mixed cherry tomatoes (red, yellow,
green), quartered
1 Lebanese cucumber, thinly sliced on the
diagonal
1 small Spanish onion, thinly sliced
½
cup fresh mint leaves, roughly chopped
½
cup fresh coriander leaves, roughly
chopped
½
cup dry roasted cashew nuts
Salad dressing
¼
cup caster sugar
½
cup water
Juice & zest of 2 limes
1 fresh red chilli chopped or 1 teaspoon
dried chilli flakes
1 teaspoon fish sauce
Preheat the grill for 3-5 minutes. Spray grill
plates with cooking spray. Cook the sirloin for
4 -6 minutes. Meat should be brown on the
outside but rare in the middle. Remove and
wrap in foil. Wait 10 minutes before thinly
slicing the beef.
Combine all of the ingredients together for
the salad onto individual plates or in one big
serving bowl.
Dressing:
in a small saucepan combine all
the ingredients, bring to the boil, simmer 1-2
minutes, remove and allow to cool.
Top the salad with beef slices and toss in
cooled dressing. Serve immediately.
LAMB
Mediterranean Kebabs with Tahini Yoghurt
Kebabs
1kg lamb leg steaks, trimmed, cut into 2cm
cubes
4 tablespoons olive oil
1 lemon, washed
½
cup white wine
2 large cloves garlic, peeled and sliced
Topping
1 small Spanish onion, finely chopped
3 fresh tomatoes, seeded and chopped
¼
bunch fresh basil leaves, finely shredded
Tahini yoghurt
125ml low fat plain yoghurt
¼
cup tahini
Freshly cracked seasoned pepper
Soak 12 bamboo skewers in water
(preferably overnight)
In a large bowl combine the lamb cubes
and olive oil. Cut the lemon in half, squeeze
juice over lamb and leave the skin halves in
the marinade. Add wine and garlic. Marinate
meat for 30 minutes or longer, if time allows,
overnight (up to 2 days).
The next day, thread meat onto skewers.
Mix together the onion, tomatoes and basil in
a bowl, set aside.
Mix together the yoghurt, tahini, pepper, set
aside.
Preheat grill for 3-5 minutes. Spray grill
plates with cooking spray. Cook kebabs 6 at
a time in two batches for 8-10 minutes each
batch.
Serve kebabs sprinkled with combined onion,
tomatoes and parsley, top with a generous
dollop of tahini yoghurt dressing.
Note:
• Tahini is a ground sesame seed paste.
• Tahini can be found in delis, health food
stores and some good supermarkets.
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