SIRLOIN STEAK WITH SPICY POTATO WEDGES, ROASTED TOMATOES AND RED WINE SAUCE
Ingredients
- 1 Red Rooster potato
- cut into wedges
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- ½ tsp chilli powder
- ½ tsp curry powder
- 1 tsp chopped fresh thyme
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 plum tomato
- halved
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 2 garlic cloves
- skin-on and squashed
- 100g/3½oz sirloin steak
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- knob butter
- 100ml/3½fl oz red wine
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4.
- For the potato wedges
- place the wedges in a bowl and add the olive oil
- chilli powder
- curry powder
- thyme
- salt and freshly ground black pepper. Toss well to coat
- then transfer to a roasting tin.
- For the tomato
- drizzle the tomato with the olive oil and add to the tin with the potatoes
- followed by the garlic. Roast in the oven for 13-15 minutes
- or until the potatoes are golden-brown and tender and the tomatoes are softened.
- For the steak
- season the meat with salt and freshly ground black pepper and rub the oil in. Heat a pan until smoking and cook the steak for 2-3 minutes on both sides (for rare)
- or until cooked to your liking. Add the butter towards the end of cooking. Remove the steak from the pan and allow to rest on a warm plate for ten minutes.
- For the red wine sauce
- pour the wine into the steak pan to deglaze
- then bring to the boil and cook for 5-6 minutes
- or until the liquid has reduced by half.
- Serve the steak sliced and fanned out with the wedges and tomato stacked up beside it
- and the sauce spooned around the edge.

