The Lemon Beef


Beef Steak marinaded in oils, herbs, garlic and lemons, breaded and pan fried. Cauliflower with butter toasted bread crumbs. Carrot Fries. Passion fruit, kiwi, cucumber salsa.




Ingredients:

Salt, pepper
Beef
Cauliflower
Carrots
Cucumber
Kiwi
Passion Fruit
Parsley
Dill
Bread Crumbs
White Flower
Vegetable Oil
Butter
Lemons
Garlic

How to make this:

THE BEEF:

Marinade your steak or beef kabobs in a cup of oil, squeeze some lemon into it, add salt, pepper, rosemary, chopped garlic, and oregano. Let marinade for about an hour. Let sit over night in your fridge and its even better.

Take a cup of bread crumbs and mix with 1/2 cup of white flower. Add some freshly chopped parsley and dill, some salt and pepper and give it all a toss.
Break and beat an egg in a small bowl.

Dip the beef into the egg then roll it in the crumbs/flower mix.

Pre-heat a pan for about a minute. Place the crumbed beef onto the pan and pour all the leftover marinade (with all the herbs and lemons) onto the beef. Cover the pan. Let fry for about 2 minutes. Flip. Do the other side. It should smell fabulous. Little chunks of beef will cook quickly, especially the marinaded ones. Once they are golden/brown and the room is filled with awesome smells you can turn the heat down.

THE CAULIFLOWER:

Wash and cut into smaller portions.
Boil in water with some salt for about 3 minutes.
Melt about a tablespoon or two of butter in a pan, throw the leftover crumbs and flower mix, add some crumbs if need to. Toast the mix a little in the butter.
Remove the cauliflower from the water and place into the pan. Mix it with the crumbs and butter, heat, the cauliflower should golden and pic up the mix. Salt.

THE CARROTS:

Slice into thin, narrow strands.
Pre-heat about a cup of vegetable oil.
Place the carrots in the oil.
Deep fry like french fries.
Salt.
Once they turn bright orange and begin to get that crispy, fried look - they're done.

THE SALSA:

Chop a medium sized cucumber.
Chop a kiwi.
Mix everything in a small bowl.
Add two Passion Fruits (just the inside)
Add lemon or lemon juice.
Add some cranberry juice.
A dash of salt and white pepper.
A bit of olive oil if you prefer.

Its refreshing and interesting and great with your fried beef steaks.

Arrange nicely and serve.

2 comments:

Kim said...

I can't believe I missed this!

Phil said...

I love your photographs for this post!

Phil @ http://moveablefeast.wordpress.com/