Name: Seared beef, spelt & butternut salad
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 1 butternut squash peeled, deseeded and cut into chunks; 2 fat parsnips peeled and cut into chunks; 2 red onions cut into wedges; 4 tbsp olive or rapeseed oil; 2 fat garlic cloves unpeeled; 2 sirloin steaks (about 450g); 100g hazelnuts; 10 sage leaves; 2 x 250g pouches ready-cooked spelt or 200g cooked and left to cool; 70g bag rocket; 4 tbsp balsamic vinegar; 1 tbsp Dijon mustard; 1 tbsp honey; 4 tbsp extra virgin olive or rapeseed oil

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Seared beef, spelt & butternut salad

Seared beef, spelt & butternut salad

Cassie Best

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Serves 8

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Prep: 35 mins

Cook: 15 mins

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Roast butternut squash and parsnips and top with sliced sirloin steaks for a delicious dish that's special enough for entertaining

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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1 butternut squash

peeled, deseeded and cut into chunks
2 fat parsnips

peeled and cut into chunks
2 red onions

cut into wedges
4 tbsp olive or rapeseed oil
2 fat garlic cloves

unpeeled
2 sirloin steaks

(about 450g)
100g hazelnuts
10 sage leaves
2 x 250g pouches ready-cooked spelt

or 200g cooked and left to cool
70g bag rocket

For the dressing

4 tbsp balsamic vinegar
1 tbsp Dijon mustard
1 tbsp honey
4 tbsp extra virgin olive or rapeseed oil

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Nutrition: per serving

kcal497
fat30g
saturates7g
carbs30g
sugars15g
fibre9g
protein23g
salt0.7g

Method

step 1

Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Put the squash, parsnips and onions in a large roasting tin, drizzle over 1 tbsp oil and season well, then mix everything together. Add the garlic to the tin, coating in the oil too, and bake for 40 mins or until the vegetables have softened and are browning at the edges. While the vegetables cook, remove the steaks from the fridge and set aside at room temperature.
step 2

Add the hazelnuts to a frying pan and heat until toasty brown. Tip onto a plate and wipe out the pan with kitchen paper. Heat the remaining 3 tbsp oil in the frying pan, then add the sage leaves and fry for 1-2 mins until crispy. Set the sage aside with the hazelnuts, leaving the oil in the pan. Season the steaks and cook for 2-3 mins each side for a rare steak (depending on the thickness) or to your liking. Transfer to another plate, then cover loosely with foil and leave to rest for a few mins.
step 3

When the vegetables are cooked, remove them from the oven and fish out the garlic cloves. Using the back of a spoon or your hands, squeeze out the soft garlic pulp into a bowl, discarding the skins. Mash the garlic with a fork, then add the dressing ingredients to the bowl, season, and whisk to combine.
step 4

Put the spelt in the roasting tray with the vegetables and add most of the hazelnuts. Crumble in the sage leaves and add half the rocket. Drizzle over half the dressing and toss everything together. Tip any juices from the steak over the veg and spelt and thinly slice the steak. Transfer the salad to a big serving platter and top with the sliced steak. Add the remaining hazelnuts and rocket and season with black pepper. Serve the extra dressing on the side.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, April 2015

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