Beef: Recipes for Roast Carvery

Fast Roast Beef with mango salad

A quick beef roast with a refreshing mango salad

How many it serves: 4
Preparation time:20 Mins
Category : Roast Carvery
Type: Beef

Ingredients

• 600g/1lb 5oz sirloin joint or medallion steak joint
• salt and freshly ground black pepper
• olive oil
• For the mango salad
• 3 tbsp caster sugar
• 4 tbsp fish sauce
• 2 limes, juice of both and zest of 1 only
• ¼ medium-sized white cabbage, finely shredded
• 3 carrots, shredded lengthways
• 3 long red chillies, de-seeded and finely sliced
• 5 spring onions, shredded
• 1 mango, cut into long strips
• handful of peanuts, chopped
• 1 bunch basil, leaves only
• 1 bunch coriander, leaves only
• 1 bunch mint, leaves only

Recipe Steps

1. Preheat the oven to 220C/390F/Gas 6. Rub the joint all over with salt and pepper, then sit it on a heavy, smoking-hot, chargrill pan and leave it to sizzle, smoke, and splutter for a good three minutes or so on each side, until blackened all over (about 12 minutes in all).
   
2. Sit the joint in a roasting tray, rub it with olive oil, then roast for about 15 minutes. Leave it to rest until cooled, then carve into fine slices
   
3. For the mango salad, combine the sugar, fish sauce, lime juice and zest in a large salad bowl
   
4. Add all the other salad ingredients and toss together until everything is well coated with dressing
   
5. Serve with the beef.
   

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