Ainsley Harriott's carpaccio of beef recipe
This dish requires no cooking as the beef is raw with the the tabasco sauce curing the meat. It's great as a starter and as you don't need much beef you can afford to get the very finest cut. Great served with basil leaves and bread.
Ingredients
- 250 g Thick fillet of beef (semi frozen will make it easier to slice)
- 1 Red onion, sliced very thin
- 1 tsp Caster sugar
- 2 Limes, zested and juiced
- 0.5 tsp Pepper sauce
- 2 tbsp Virgin olive oil
- 1 Handful of fresh basil leaves
- 1 Grind of fresh coarsely ground black pepper
- 1 Bowl of Italian style bread to serve.
Details
- Cuisine: Italian
- Recipe Type: Starter
- Difficulty: Easy
- Preparation Time: 15 mins
- Cooking Time: 0 mins
- Serves: 4
Step-by-step
- Slice the beef as thinly as possible then lay onto a large shallow dish and scatter over the sliced red onions.
- In a small bowl mix together the sugar; lime juice and pepper sauce then drizzle over the beef. Cover with cling film and set aside to cure for 15-20 minutes.
- To serve, remove cling film, drizzle over the virgin olive oil, tear over the fresh basil and add a good grinding of percy pepper. Serve with your favourite Italian bread.
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Recipe is courtesy of Tabasco - the legendary hot pepper sauce