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Roast beef with spelt salad & tapenade

Roast beef with spelt salad & tapenade

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Roast beef with spelt salad & tapenade

As this tapenade is diced rather than pounded, it has a light touch and doesn't overpower the delicate flavour of the spelt and the sweet tomatoes.

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Instructions

  1. 1

    Preheat the oven to 200C/Gas 7. Place the beef in a large roasting tray, drizzle with olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Roast in the oven for 10 minutes or until browned. Reduce the heat to 200C/Gas 6 and roast the beef for a further 20 minutes (it will be medium-rare). Remove from the oven, cover loosely with foil and set aside to rest for 20 minutes.


  2. 2

    Meanwhile, for the salad, put the spelt and chicken stock into a small saucepan and bring to the boil. Cover, reduce the heat to low and simmer for 20-25 minutes until the liquid has been absorbed. Remove from the heat and leave to rest, covered, for 5 minutes.


  3. 3

    For the tapenade, place all the ingredients in a bowl and stir to combine.


  4. 4

    Transfer the spelt to a bowl and allow to cool for 10 minutes or so. Scatter over the tomatoes, basil, parsley and spring onions, and drizzle with a little olive oil.


  5. 5

    Slice the beef thinly and serve with the spelt salad and tapenade.


Ingredients

  • 800g Boneless roasting beef joint, such as topside
  • 1 tbsp Extra virgin olive oil, for the spelt salad, plus 60ml for the tapenade
  • 1 pinch Sea Salt
  • 1 pinch Black Pepper
  • 180g Spelt
  • 500ml Chicken stock or water, for the spelt salad
  • 250g Cherry tomatoes, quartered, for the spelt salad
  • 1 handful Basil leaves, roughly torn, for the spelt salad
  • 1 handful Flat-leaf parsley leaves, for the spelt salad; plus 2tbsp chopped for the tapenade
  • 3 Spring onions, finely chopped, for the spelt salad
  • 120g Pitted black olives, finely chopped, for the tapenade
  • 4 Good quality anchovy fillets in oil (tinned or in jars), finely chopped, for the tapenade
  • 1 tsp Dijon mustard, for the tapenade
  • 1 tbsp Lemon juice
  • 1 Garlic Clove, crushed

Serves 4

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Recipe published with permission from Quadrille.

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