BEEF CARPACCIO WITH FRIED CAPERS AND MUSTARD MAYO
Ingredients
- 350g-400g/12-14oz bavette or skirt steak
- 1 tbsp groundnut or sunflower oil
- 1 tbsp capers
- drained
- 50g/2oz pine nuts
- toasted
- 1 tbsp English mustard
- 3 tbsp mayonnaise
- 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- plus extra for drizzling
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 2 tbsp finely chopped fresh flatleaf parsley
- a few shavings Parmesan (use a vegetable peeler to make these)
- sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
Directions
- Season both sides of the steak thoroughly with salt and pepper. Heat a greased heavy-based frying pan until hot. Put the steak in the pan (it should sizzle immediately) and cook for about 3-5 minutes on each side for rare-medium. Transfer to a chopping board and leave to rest. Once cooled
- refrigerate for 1 hour.
- Heat a tablespoon of oil in a frying pan over a medium heat and fry the capers for a few minutes until crisp and puffed up. Remove to a bowl lined with kitchen paper.
- Whisk together the mustard
- mayonnaise and olive oil until you have a loose sauce. Remove the steak from the fridge and finely slice it into slivers
- cutting against the grain.
- Arrange on a large plate or serving platter. Drizzle with the mustard mayo and lemon juice
- and scatter over the parsley
- Parmesan shards and capers. Drizzle with olive oil and finish with the pine nuts and salt and pepper.

