Entrecôte with Carrot-Onion Mash
Maria Gross shows how she prepares entrecôte with a mashed carrot and beetroot couscous.
Ingredients
- 1whole entrecôte
- 1Bund medium carrots, tops removed
- 3red onions, sliced
- 100g butter
- etwas garlic and chilli
- etwas salt & pepper
- 300ml beetroot juice
- 150g couscous
- etwas salt, chilli and nutmeg
- etwas garlic
- etwas olive oil
- etwas chia seeds
- etwas pomegranate
- 1lime, zested & juiced
Instructions
Step 1
Cut a steak about 4 cm thick from the whole entrecôte.Step 2
Place in a low oven, at 110ºC, for around 40 minutes until the core of the steak reads 55ºC on a meat thermometer.Step 3
Then grill over glowing red charcoal, constantly turning, until it starts to give off toasty aromas. Cooking time depends on your taste (2 mins per side for medium rare).Step 4
Cook the carrots completely under glowing charcoal.Step 5
When the carrots are cooked through (approx. 15 - 20mins) remove the carrots from the charcoal and roughly clean.Step 6
Meanwhile, melt the red onions in the butter over a low heat.Step 7
When the onions are almost overcooked, add the carrots and add a little water (20ml) and let simmer.Step 8
When the water has evaporated, season generously with garlic, chilli, pepper and salt.Step 9
Finally, purée everything to create a coarse mash.Step 10
Bring the beetroot juice to the boil and season generously with salt, garlic and chilli.Step 11
Remove from the heat and add a splash of olive oil.Step 12
Add the couscous and cover the pot with the lid. Leave to rest for ten minutes.Step 13
Then season well again – adding the lime zest and juice, olive oil and fresh grated nutmeg.Step 14
Fold in the chia seeds and then sprinkle the pomegranate seeds across the top.