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Foodie Thursday: Raw Dressed Beef Fillet, with Green Olives and Walnuts

Resident cook Nigel Barden brings in raw dressed beef fillet, with green olives and walnuts for Simon and the team to try.

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Thu 4 Jun 2015 17:05
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Raw Dressed Beef Fillet, with Green Olives & Walnuts

by Valentine Warner from The Good Table - Adventures in & Around My Kitchen (Mitchell Beazley / Octopus)听

Serves 4

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Prep time: 15 mins

Cooking time: none

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Ingredients

175g beef fillet, trimmed

10 good green olives, pitted & roughly chopped

8 good-quality walnuts, halved

陆 medium unwaxed lemon

1 dsp walnut oil

1 dsp olive oil

flaked sea salt & black pepper

a pinch of dried chilli flakes

leaves from 2 sprigs of marjoram

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Method

  • Cut the beef in slices approximately 5mm wide & lay a few between two large sheets of baking paper.
  • Beat out each slice paper-thin (about 1mm) with a rolling pin.
  • Gently peel each slice from the paper & lay the slices over one large plate, or as four single servings.
  • Scatter the olives over the beef followed by the walnuts.
  • Finely grate over the zest of the lemon half. Squeeze over the lemon juice, then splash over the oils before scattering generously with flaked sea salt & the dried chilli flakes.
  • Follow with a little black pepper & a scattering of the marjoram.听 Eat immediately.听

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Pimientos de Padr贸n (Padr贸n Peppers)

Serves 4 as a pre-dinner nibble

Prep time: 2 mins

Cooking time 5 mins

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Ingredients

250g pimientos de Padr贸n

2 dsp light olive oil

coarse sea salt

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Method

  • Wash the peppers & drain them in a colander, then pat them dry with kitchen paper.听
  • Heat the oil in a frying pan over a medium heat & tip in the peppers.听 They should sizzle immediately.
  • Fry the peppers for approx. 5 mins until well blistered & browned.
  • Serve on a plate lined with kitchen paper, with the peppers scattered generously with chunky sea salt.

Broadcast

  • Thu 4 Jun 2015 17:05
    大象传媒 Radio 2