Roast Beef Salad with Tonnato Sauce Dressing.

Roast Beef Salad with Tonnato Dressing

Total time to cook and prepare  : 45 Minutes
Serves 4 to 6

Ingredients :

For the Roast Beef :

• 1 Fresh Young Bull Locerto
• 1 Tablespoon Butter
• 1 Tablespoon Olive Oil
• Fresh Ground Pepper
• Sea Salt

For the Salad :

• 1 Iceberg Lettuce
• 1 Radicchio
• 1 pint Cherry Tomatoes
• 4 tbsp shaved Pecorino or Parmigiano
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1 tbsp red wine vinegar
• sea salt
• pepper
• 2 tbsp tiny salted capers, rinsed
• 2 tbsp flat leaf parsley leaves
• 2 tbsp mustard cress

For the Tonnato Sauce :

• 200 g tuna in oil
• 4 anchovy fillets
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 3 tbsp light mayonnaise
• 1 tbsp horseradish cream
• 1 tbsp tiny salted capers, rinsed
• 100 ml light chicken stock

Directions :

The Roast Beef :

• Pat dry the Beef Locerto using absorbent paper towels, and cover liberally with salt and pepper.
• Seal quickly in a hot pan bubbling with the  butter and olive oil until golden on all sides.
• Place on a baking sheet and roast in preheated oven at 220°C for 15 minutes for rare (it will have a little give and spring when touched).
• Allow the meat to rest covered by tin foil for at least 15 minutes before slicing thinly.

For the Tonnato Sauce Dressing :

• Whiz the tuna, anchovies, lemon juice, mayonnaise, horseradish and capers in a blender or food processor until smooth.
• Add the stock gradually until it is fluid enough to pour easily.
• Refrigerate until you are ready to serve.

For the Salad :

• Chop Lettuce and Radicchio and halve cherry tomatoes,
• Toss with the olive oil, vinegar, Pecorino/Parmigiano, sea salt and pepper.

Putting together the Beef Salad :

• Place Tossed Salad on Plates
• Arrange the roast beef in folds over the salad and use a spoon to stripe the sauce over the top.
• Scatter capers, mustard cress and parsley, over the beef salad.
• Serve the beef salad with toasted crusty Maltese bread and a jug of the remaining sauce.

For more beef salad and other beef recipes from In House Butchers, Malta, visit :

http://inhousebutchers.com/category/recipes/