Healthy Dinner Idea

Medallions of Beef Sirloin served with sesame seed coasted cauliflower, bok choy, baby carrots and a simple sauce.

I love this dish because of the great colours. It has wonderful textures and the sauce complements the beef.

This recipe is not restricting at all. I know what it is like to find a recipe and only have half the ingredients in the kitchen! Feel free to swap ingredients for ones you have. For example, Cauliflower for broccoli, Bok choy for spinach, carrots for beans. Sesame seeds for bread crumbs. Even the sauce you can change the chicken stock to a beef stock.
Have fun getting creative and playing around with your ideas :)

Serves 4

You will need:
8 cauliflower florets
600-800g beef sirloin
50g flour
1 egg
1T Turmeric ground
1/2 cup sesame seeds
12 leaves of bok choy
12 baby carrots
2 T butter
2 T oil
Radish cress for garnish

Simple Sauce
1/2 medium onion
300ml chicken stock
150ml soy sauce
100g crushed tomato
50g sugar
1/2 root ginger
1 clove garlic
90 ml sesame oil

What to do:
Pre heat oven to 180 degrees Celsius

Blanch cauliflower in boiling water until just semi cooked, drain and cool.Combine Turmeric and sesame seeds Coat cauliflower in flower then egg wash coat in sesame seed mix.

To make the sauce, add all ingredients in a saucepan and bring to the boil. Simmer for 15 minutes, blend then pass.

Beef:
place oil in (oven proof- I like cast iron pans)  hot pan then pan fry your beef sirloin until it has a good colour on all sides.
Place in oven for 10 minutes or until medium rare.
Allow to rest for 5 minutes once cooked

Vegetables:
Place baby carrots in a saucepan. Just cover with water and add butter. Boil and simmer until cooked.
Add Bok choy and allow it to wilt.
You can either deep fry your cauliflower, or pan fry in oil until golden

Plate up with bok choy on the bottom, pour the sauce on, cauliflower, beef cut into 2 slices per plate, Carrot and garnish with cress.

Enjoy!

Brit xx

Beef Wellington! July #3

Hey everyone!

Here is my first time making a beef wellington!
Turns out that its actually really easy and simple to make and this recipe doesn't require many ingredients at all!

P.S : it's winter here in NZ at the moment so its great for cold nights! :)


Serves 1-2
Recipe:
150g beef fillet
1 slice ham
1/2 block puff pastry
4 mushrooms
1/2 onion
20g butter

Season your beef and seal off in a hot cast iron pan.
leave aside.

Roughly chop mushrooms and onion and sweat in butter.
leave aside

Roll out half of your puff pastry for the base of your beef wellington.

The first layer that goes on top of the pastry is your beef fillet, followed by ham, then the sweated mushrooms.

roll out the 2nd half of your pastry and gently place on top.

join the edges of pastry together so everything stays in the beef wellington! :)

Prick a fork through the pastry, so any excess steam inside can escape other wise your pastry could go a bit soggy!

brush your pastry with egg wash to give it a nice colour once cooked.
Cook in your oven at 180 degrees Celsius for about 20mins or until pastry is golden brown.