Recipes - Lunch
Steak Sandwiches with Avocado and Shallot Puree

Ingredients

2 ciabatta or brioche buns

30g butter

300g rump or sirloin steak

2 pickled jalapenos, sliced

1 large tomato, sliced

A few lettuce leaves

For the avocado puree

2 tablespoons olive oil

4 shallots, finely chopped

2 cloves garlic, crushed

1-2 small, dried red chillies

The flesh of 2 large avocados

This is the simplest, most restorative breakfast, packed full of energy and goodness and delicious to book. It is perfect if you have had a big night out.

Method
  1. Heat the olive oil in a small frying-pan. Sweat the shallots for five minutes, then add the garlic and the chili. Season well with salt and pepper and cook for another few minutes until the garlic is soft. Add the avocado flesh and cook for another five minutes, mashing up the flesh with the back of a wooden spoon. Transfer to a bowl and keep warm.
  2. Wipe out the frying pan and put over a hot flame. When it is smoking hot, add the butter and a minute later the steak which you have seasoned well with salt and pepper on both sides. Cook for 2-3 minutes a side depending on the thickness and how you like your steak. Leave to rest for 5 minutes and then slice into slithers.
  3. Cut open the buns and toast them under a hot grill or on a dry frying pan. Spread the buns with the avocado puree, top with the steak, tomato, jalapenos and lettuce. This is great for a weekend brunch.