Rare Roast Beef with Tonnato

This appetising recipe from Chef Shellie Froidevaux is her take on a traditional dish called ‘vitello tonnato’. In Italian ‘vitello’ means veal and ‘tonnato’ is a creamy mayonnaise like sauce flavoured with tuna. Sounds like an odd combination but trust us when we say it’s a match made in heaven! Roasted in the Panasonic NN-CD58J 3-in-1 Convection Microwave Oven.

Ingredients

Servings: 0

1 kg roasting beef rump

Sea salt

Cracked black pepper

2 tbs extra virgin olive oil plus extra to serve

Parsley leaves to serve

Capers to serve

Tonnato

180 g tinned tuna in oil drained

120 g whole egg mayonnaise

2 tbs capers

Juice of 1 lemon

4 anchovies

Steps

STEP 1

Allow beef to come up to room temperature. Place the beef on the enamel tray and rub with 2 tablespoons of olive oil and season with salt and pepper.

STEP 2

Place the enamel tray on the glass tray on the glass tray in the oven. Press the Auto/Roast pad six times, enter the weight 1000g and press Start. After cooking remove from the oven, place beef on a plate and allow to stand for 10 to 20 minutes.

STEP 3

While the beef is resting make the tonnato. Place the tonnato ingredients in a food processor or container of an immersion blender. Process or blend until smooth. Thin down with a little water if necessary.

STEP 4

To serve, thinly slice the beef and place on a serving platter. Top with dollops of tonnato, a drizzle of olive oil, salt, pepper, parsley leaves and capers.