Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Carrot Salad with Marinated Sirloin

How does a lovely refreshing Carrot Salad sound
Got the idea from Ina Garten but of course as usual, changed it.
I also mixed it with some cooked Orzo and that made it a complete accompaniment to this delicious Sirloin Steak

First the steak

Make a marinade of
1 bottle red wine
3 strip of orange peel
3 cloves
1 stick of cinnamon
A good grate of nutmeg
and 1 tablespoon of sugar

Bring everything to the boil and cool
Add steaks and marinate for at least 4 hours or you can leave them for a couple of days.
When you have removed the steaks,
Bring the marinade back up to the boil and you can keep it in the fridge for a few days for future use. You could even freeze it.
Now that's a Good idea.

Lift the steak out and drain
Season with Salt and Pepper and spray with a little oil to get to started
Heat oven to 190C
Onto hot pan
Sear one side about 2 minutes
turn over for another 2 minutes
Into oven and cook another 3 minutes
Rest for about 3 minutes
This should give you med rare for a 1" thick steak
Slice and serve with the Salad.

Gilli’s Chili Ginger Mayo = 598 Calories
100 gms Good Mayonnaise
1 teaspoon ginger grated
1 teaspoon each lemon zest and juice
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
1/2 chili finely chopped

1 cup carrots grated
1/2 apple cored and grated
1 spring onion finely chopped
35 gms Craisins covered with hot water for about 5 minutes and drained
50 gms of mayo

This yields 280 gms of Finished salad = 520 Calories

Plus 1 cup cooked orzo = 220 gms= 802 Calories

Now to complete the meal mix the Salad with Orzo
Serve with the sliced steak Perfect Med rare steak.
Presentation a little naff sorry, but a place piece of steak with some salad, onto your fork.
Pop into your mouth. The sweetness of the salad with the winey crusted steak
Excellent.
 My husband is not really fond of meat so he got Smoked Salmon with his.
He loved it. Good brain food for the Quiz night.

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