At a glance:
Pairs with: Malbec
serves: 4
Prep: 1 hour
Cooking: 5 and a half hours
Pairs with: Malbec
serves: 4
Prep: 1 hour
Cooking: 5 and a half hours
Ingredients:
700g chuck steak
1 white onion
1 red pepper
5 cloves of crushed garlic
Tbsp chipotle paste
2 green chillies
Tbsp ground cumin
Tbsp sweet paprika
400g chopped tomatoes
200ml argentinan malbec
300ml beef stock
2 tsp dried oregano
1 bay leaf
250ml extra virgin olive oil
2tbsp red wine vinegar
2 cloves of minced garlic
½ tsp sea salt
¼ tsp dried oregano
¼ tsp smoked paprika
½ bunch of finely chopped parsley
½ bunch finely chopped coriander
1 whole head of garlic
2 corn on the cobs, large
100ml crème fraiche
1 lime
1 pack of crunchy puffed corn
4 Sirloin Steaks
Method:
BRAISED BEEF SHIN:
Pre heat oven to 150°C
Non stick frying pan – brown off all the chuck steak in batches
Drain off excess fat and put in a casserole dish
Roast the onion and pepper in a pan, until start to soften, then add the garlic, the chipotle paste, green chillis, cumin and paprika and fry for 1 more minute
Place over the beef in casserole dish, then add chopped tomaotoes, malbec, stock and herbs (oregano & bay leaf)
Cover the dish and braise for 4 hours
CHIMICHURRI:
Mix all together the extra virgin olive oil, red wine vinegar, minced garlic cloves, salt, oregano, paprika, chopped parsley & coriander – let this infuse for at least 1 hour
Get steaks out of fridge to come to room temperature
GARLIC PUREE:
Wrap the whole garlic head in tin foil
Roast in the oven for 1 hour or until soft
Let it cool, squeeze garlic out of cloves, puree with the back of a knife
TO FINISH BRAISED BEEF:
Take the beef out of the casserole dish, pass the liquid off into saucepan – reduce to sauce consistency
Blend the vegetables and pull the beef
Add the blended vegetables and reduced sauce to the pulled beef – keep warm in pan
BBQ STREET CORN:
Take the corn out of husks and boil in salted water for 10 minutes
Whilst that cooks, make the lime crème fraiche by zesting and juicing the lime and then add to crème fraiche
Chargrill the corn on the cob
Drizzle with crème fraiche
Sprinkle of crushed puffed corn
SIRLOIN STEAK:
Season with salt and pepper
Bring a heavy bottom frying pan to almost smoking
Pan fried steak for 2 minutes either side for medium rare or cook for longer for desired temperature
Let rest for 5 minutes