Good ol' fashioned Steak and Chips cooking recipe with a twist. In pursuit of health promotion, we have used s selection of vegetables and salad including creating your own tomato ketchup type salsa using fresh ingredients. This is a very versatile cooking recipe as many parts can be used with other dishes and are all part of a balanced diet.
4 minutes 25 Seconds
Ingredients (for Two People)
2 Pieces of good quality (organic) rump or sirloin Steak 2 Sweet potatos (chip shaped) 2 hand fulls of Salad Leaves Fennel (chopped) Carrot (sliced into sticks) Spring onion (3 stalks chopped) Chervil (optional) Flat leaf Parsley (optional) 1 tbsp Balsamic Vinegar 2 tbsp Olive Oil
Salsa 1 Shallot (Chopped) 1/2 Red Pepper (Diced) 2 Vine Tomatoes (Skinned, deseeded and diced) 2 tbsn Balsamic Vinegar 2 heaped tsp of brown sugar 1/2 Chopped Chilli (optional) 1 Tin of Cherry Tomatoes 50ml Stock (vegetable) 2 tbsp Olive Oil Salt & Pepper
To Cook
1. To Make the Salsa, add the shallots, then the garlic and lightly fry. Add the balsamic vinegar and sugar, cooking down for a minute before adding the diced peppers, chilli and tomatoes and cook for about two minutes.
2.Add the cherry tomatoes and cook to reduce for about ten to fifteen minutes.
3. Blend the mixture leaving it quite lumpy. Add some parsley or coriander to taste and serve in a pot or ramekin.
4. Mean while warm the oven to 180 degrees and put in your cut up sweet potato adding pepper and olive oil and cook for 30-40 minutes depending on thickness
5.In a hot griddle cook the steak for 3 - 4 minutes on each side turning the meat once at 90° (this gives the meat a nice grilled look!)
6. Once cooked allow the beef a few minutes to stand to release more juice and flavours.
7. Once the chips and salsa has been prepared, mix the salad, carrot and fennel with the dressing (mix the oil and vinegar together and drizzle over) and piece together on the plate and add the set down steak. Serve
Steak chip salsa
