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Minotaur beef

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Minotaur beef

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This slow-cooked, pomegranate molasses-flavoured beef recipe comes from Auckland Turkish restaurant, Lokanta. It is served with a spinach pilaf and thick Greek yoghurt. Ray McVinnie chats to the hospitality veterans behind the restaurant here. 

Beef

1 kg Beef chuck steak, or scotch fillet, sinew removed, cut into chunks
18 whole Baby onions, peeled
¼ cup Olive oil
2 Tbsp Pomegranate molasses
½ cup Red pepper paste
1 tsp Chilli flakes
3 tsp Salt, and plenty of ground black pepper

Spinach pilaf

2 bunches Spinach, washed and chopped, including stalks
1 Large onion, chopped
1 cup Medium grain rice
½ cup Extra virgin olive oil
1½ tsp Salt

Directions

To make the beef

  1. Heat oven to 180C.
  2. Place beef into an oiled roasting dish and nestle the onions in among the meat.
  3. Combine olive oil, red pepper paste, pomegranate molasses, chilli flakes, salt and plenty of ground black pepper in a bowl then slowly add 2 cups water, whisking to combine.
  4. Pour over the beef and onions, adding more water only if necessary, to just cover.
  5. Cover with foil, bring to a boil on stove top then place in the oven for 2 hours. Uncover and cook for a further hour, checking after 30 minutes.
  6. Serve with Turkish spinach pilaf and thick greek yoghurt.

To make pilaf

  1. Place spinach, onion and rice in a large saucepan over a medium heat. Pour over enough water to cover along with the oil and salt. Immediately turn heat to low and cook for 15 minutes. It should still be a little juicy but the rice will be cooked. Best served warm, not hot.

More Turkish recipes from Lokanta restaurant

 

  • Fish pilaki
  • Almond and coconut baklava with orange syrup
  • Tava mussels with skordalia (greek almond and garlic dipping sauce)
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