Rubbed beef fillet with two salsas
Eye fillet with two great sauces
Serves
4 - 6
Prep Time
1 hr
Cook Time
6 mins
A recipe to spice up the traditional steaks on the barbecue this summer. Both salsas complement the beef beautifully, yet offer very different combinations of flavour. We suggest keeping a jar of these on hand over the barbecue season ~ our guess is you'll be enjoying them on a range of meals!
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800g Quality Mark beef eye filleti
silver skin trimmed2 teaspoons dried oregano
1 cup pumpkin seeds
2 tomatoes
cored1 red chilli
deseeded and roughly chopped1/2 cup fresh coriander leaves
choppeda small bunch of chives
choppedvegetable oil
to thin
2 tomatoes
very ripe, cored and skinned4 garlic cloves
1 small onion
quartered1 red chilli
deseeded and roughly chopped1 tsp sugar
1 cup fresh coriander leaves
roughly chopped
1 lime
cut into wedgestortillas
or tortilla chips
Method
Heat a large frying pan over medium-high heat and add pumpkin seeds.
Keep them moving around the pan, cooking until they are lightly toasted.
Transfer to a food processor and process until just smooth.
Return frying pan to the heat and add tomatoes and chilli.
Cook until they are charred all over (remove chilli first and add to food processor).
Place charred tomatoes in food processor with herbs and process until a thick purée.
Thin with a little oil and season with salt, then place in a small serving bowl.
Place tomatoes, garlic, onion and chilli in a small saucepan and cover with water by 2.5cm.
Bring to the boil, reduce heat, cover and simmer until ingredients are soft, about 10 -15 minutes.
Drain, reserving 1 cup cooking liquid.
Transfer to a food processor and process, but leaving the salsa still chunky.
Add reserved liquid if necessary to thin.
Stir through sugar and coriander and season to taste.
Place in a small serving bowl.
Heat a barbecue plate until hot.
Cut beef into 2.5cm thick slices and rub each slice with a little oil and the oregano.
Thread beef on to metal skewers, place on hot plate and barbecue for 2-3 minutes on each side for medium-rare beef. Season.
Place beef skewers on a sharing board or platter with the two salsas, lime wedges and tortillas or tortilla chips.
Nutrition Information per Serving (342g)
This nutrition analysis is based on 6 serves and doesn't include the lime or tortilla chips to serve.
