Beef Carpaccio and roasted shrimps or prawns on salad
An unusual combination but I promise you'll find it a delight
Ingredients
- 150g-200g well trimmed beef fillet
- 6 shrimps or prawns without heads, still in their shells.
- Salad mixture: your selection of different types of lettuce
- 4 medium-sized white mushrooms
- 8 cherry tomatoes
- 20g of roasted pine nuts
- Some white balsamic vinegar
- 1 fresh twig of thyme
- 2 fresh cloves of garlic
- 1 chilli
- 1 spoon of Meaux mustard
- Cold-pressed olive oil.
- Herbs.
Preparation
- Wrap the beef fillet in cling wrap and place in the freezer for 20-25 minutes.
- Wash shrimps and cut them into half, removing the inedible insides and cover with pepper.
- Create vinaigrette by mixing salt, pepper, some sugar, balsamic vinegar, garlic, mustard and olive oil.
- Wash the salad and break the lettuce leaves into even sizes and mix well.
- Cut the cherry tomatoes in half and marinade in the vinaigrette.
- Brush the mushrooms clean.
- Cut the lightly frozen beef fillet into ultra thin slices and decorate the plate completely.
- Cover with sea salt and freshly-ground black pepper. Using a brush, cover the beef with some olive oil.
- Mix the salad in the vinaigrette and place a nice portion in the middle of the plate, on top of the beef slices.
- Garnish with the cherry tomatoes, mushroom slices and pine nuts.
- Fry the garlic cloves in some olive oil with the Thyme and chopped chilli.
- Add the prawns or shrimps and fry for 1-2 mins. on each side.
- Remove the pan from the heat and continue to cook for 1-2 mins.
Serving suggestion
Place the prawns/shrimps next to the salad on the dish and serve with some garlic bread.- August 1, 2011 Cold starters No comments
- Serves: 4
