Recipes PREGO PANZANELLA SALAD WITH DIJON VINAIGRETTE
PREGO PANZANELLA SALAD WITH DIJON VINAIGRETTE
Our favorite time of year is when the selection of in-season produce is at its best, and outdoor dining is pretty much compulsory. Large platters of intensely flavored salads with a bit of body are our go-to for this kind of eating, salads like this prego panzanella. Some might say it’s cheeky to tamper with an Italian classic by adding sliced prego steak, but that’s what creative cooking is about – taking inspiration from things you love and combining them in new ways
- WHAT YOU WILL NEED -
- FOR THE SALAD
- 1 large, aged rump steak (at least 600g)
- 2 cloves garlic, sliced
- 7cm sprig of rosemary, leaves only, roughly chopped
- extra virgin olive oil
- 2 Tbsp Cape Herb & Spice PORTUGUESE PERI PERI
- half a ciabatta (this recipe is ideal for using up day-old bread)
- FOR THE VINAIGRETTE
- aged parmesan (optional)
- 1 clove garlic, very finely minced
- 1-2 red peppers
- 2 Tbsp Dijon mustard
- 1-2 yellow peppers
- generous pinch of salt
- 300g punnet of heirloom tomatoes, halved
- 8 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- a large red onion, finely sliced
- grinding of Cape Herb & Spice Black Peppercorns
- 1 small bottle baby capers
- 4 Tbsp white wine vinegar
- basil leaves
- 1 tsp runny honey
- METHOD -
Place the rump steak in a large flat bowl. Add a third of a cup of olive oil, the two cloves of garlic, the rosemary and 2 Tbsp Cape Herb & Spice Portuguese Peri Peri Rub to the steak. Toss to ensure everything is coated and allow to marinate for an hour.
You could do all the cooking for this salad on a stove top and in your oven, but you could also make this entire salad on the braai. If you choose to go the braai route, place peppers on a hot braai, turning them from time to time. They will blacken and blister. Once they look like that all over, pop them in a plastic bag and seal it. Leave peppers to sweat for five minutes. Now it will be easy to peel off the skin and remove the pips. Roughly chop or tear peppers.
Drizzle thick-cut ciabatta slices with olive oil and grate over parmesan, patting lightly to push parmesan into bread. Pop bread onto the braai. Braai until golden all over, then remove and set aside. Give the steak a final dusting of our Cape Herb & Spice Portuguese Peri Peri Rub and braai that until done to your liking.
Next, combine all the vinaigrette ingredients in a bottle with a screw cap and shake it vigorously to emulsify.
Then slice the steak and plate up with tomatoes, peppers, and onions. Tear toasted ciabatta slices into giant croutons and add them to the salad along with the capers and basil. Pour over the vinaigrette and tuck in.
(Cook’s note: If you prefer to do this on your stove, fry the steak in a hot pan with olive oil. Slice or tear the ciabatta into big croutons, drizzle with olive oil, dust with parmesan and tumble onto a baking tray lined with baking paper. Bake in a 200˚C oven until golden. Place the peppers in a shallow oven-proof dish and also roast them in the oven for about 20 minutes before popping into a plastic bag to sweat.)
Recipe concept & photography by Lizet Hartley.
Lizet Hartley is a freelance stills and reel food stylist, food photographer and recipe developer. In her spare time she – rather predictably – cooks. Get more of her recipes on her blog at http://www.melkkos-merlot.co.za
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