Steak and winter pumpkin panzanella

A winter pumpkin salad with steak

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Serves

4

Prep Time

20 mins

Cook Time

35 mins

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Kathy Paterson
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Ingredients

Beef
  • 4 x 150g Quality Mark beef sirloini

Pumpkin panzanella
  • 750g pumpkin

    seeds removed, peeled and chopped into 2.5cm cubes
  • 6 sage leaves

  • 1 onion

    finely sliced
  • 4 slices ciabatta bread

  • 1/2 Tbsp red wine vinegar

  • 1/2 Tbsp lemon juice

  • 1/4 cup olive oil

To serve
  • seasonal green vegetables

    steamed

Method

To Make Panzanella
1

Preheat the oven to 200°C.

2

Line a shallow roasting dish with baking paper.

3

Place the pumpkin and sage leaves in a bowl and toss with a dash of oil and season.

4

Tip out into the roasting dish in a single layer.

5

Place in the oven and roast for 30 minutes or until tender.

6

Meanwhile, add another dash of oil into a frying pan and cook the onion over a very low heat until soft.

7

Add the bread and cook tossing frequently, until the onion and bread are golden.

8

In a small bowl whisk together the vinegar and lemon juice.

9

Whisk in the olive oil and season.

10

Remove the pumpkin from the oven and place on the fried onion and bread.

11

Return to the oven for 5-10 minutes until bread is crisp and to keep hot.

To Make Beef
1

Wipe out the frying pan with kitchen paper, then heat over a high heat.

2

Rub sirloin steaks with a little oil, if necessary, and grind over black pepper.

3

Place in the hot frying pan and cook for 3 minutes on each side for medium-rare steak.

4

Remove from the frying pan, sprinkle with salt, cover and leave to rest.

To Serve
1

Place each steak on a warmed plate. Spoon pumpkin panzanella alongside with steamed green vegetables and drizzle with the red wine vinaigrette.

Nutrition Information per Serving (412g)

This nutrition analysis is based on 4 serves and is for the steak & panzanella only. It does not include the green vegetables to serve.

Energy
2167kJ (518 kcal)
Protein
36.9g
Total Fat
27.2g
Saturated Fat
7.0g
Carbohydrate
28.8g
Dietary Fibre
5.6g
Sodium
210mg
Iron
4.8mg
Zinc
4.9mg
Vitamin B12
0.85µg