Beef Sirloin with Roast Vegetable Salad and Pesto

Beef Sirloin with Roast Vegetable Salad and Pesto

Ready in 35 minutes Serves 2-3
This dish most recently appeared in My Classic (4 Nights For 2) on Sunday, March 12, 2017.

A versatile and colourful salad, bursting with healthy flavours


Ingredients

ROAST VEGETABLE SALAD

  • 400g orange kumara, scrubbed and diced 2cm
  • 1 head broccoli, cut into small florets
  • ½ courgette, cut in 2cm rounds
  • 2 tablespoons mayonnaise
  • ½ teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
  • 1½ teaspoons sweet chilli sauce
  • ½ teaspoon tomato sauce
  • ½ sweet Palermo capsicum, core and seeds removed and roughly chopped

BEEF SIRLOIN

  • 1 teaspoon olive oil
  • 1½ teaspoons beef spice
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 300g beef sirloin steaks (at room temperature)

TO SERVE

  • 50g garden pesto

Steps

  1. oven to 220°C. Line an oven tray with baking paper. Preheat BBQ grill to high (if using).
  2. Toss kumara on prepared tray with a drizzle of oil and season with salt and pepper. Roast for 8 minutes to start then remove from oven and add broccoli and courgette. Toss to combine and roast for a further 10-12 minutes, until tender. Set aside for a few minutes to cool slightly.
  3. In a shallow bowl, combine olive oil, beef spice and salt. Pat beef dry with paper towels, add to bowl and rub with beef spice until well coated. Set aside to marinate for about 5 minutes.
  4. While veggies are cooking and beef is marinating, heat a drizzle of oil in a large fry-pan on high heat. Cook beef for 2-3 minutes each side for mediumrare (depending on thickness), or until cooked to your liking. Set aside, covered with foil, to rest for at least 5 minutes.
  5. While beef is cooking and resting, combine mayonnaise, Worcestershire sauce, sweet chilli sauce and tomato sauce in a medium bowl. Add capsicum and roast vegetables and toss to combine. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
  6. Slice rested beef thickly against the grain.
  7. divide roast vegetable salad between plates and top with slices of beef sirloin. Dollop over garden pesto.

Nutritional Information

Energy 2619 kj
626 kcal
Protein 33.0g
Carbohydrate 37.4g
Fat 37.4g