Steak & Winter Pumpkin Panzanella

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Prep: 20 mins

Cook: 35 mins

Serves 4

Good source of iron

Low Sodium

Ingredients

Beef

4 x 150g Quality Mark sirloin steaks (about 2.5cm thick)

Pumpkin panzanella

750g crown pumpkin, peeled and cut into 2.5cm cubes
1 stalk sage leaves, picked
1 onion, finely sliced
4 slices one-day-old ciabatta bread, cut into large cubes
1 1/2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
1/2 tablespoon lemon juice
1/4 cup olive oil

To serve

Steamed green vegetables or baby spinach leaves

Method

Pumpkin panzanella

Preheat the oven to 200°C. Line a shallow roasting dish with baking paper. Place the pumpkin and sage leaves in a bowl and toss with a dash of oil and season. Tip out into the roasting dish in a single layer. Place in the oven and roast for 30 minutes or until tender. Meanwhile, add another dash of oil into a frying pan and cook the onion over a very low heat until soft. Add the bread and cook tossing frequently, until the onion and bread are golden.

In a small bowl whisk together the vinegar and lemon juice. Whisk in the olive oil and season.Remove the pumpkin from the oven and place on the fried onion and bread. Return to the oven for 5-10 minutes until bread is crisp and to keep hot.

Beef

Wipe out the frying pan with kitchen paper, then heat over a high heat. Rub sirloin steaks with a little oil, if necessary, and grind over black pepper. Place in the hot frying pan and cook for 3 minutes on each side for medium-rare steak. Remove from the frying pan, sprinkle with salt, cover and leave to rest.

To serve

Place each steak on a warmed plate. Spoon pumpkin panzanella alongside with steamed green vegetables and drizzle with the red wine vinaigrette.

Suggested Cuts
Nutrition
Tips & Tricks

SIRLOIN STEAK

EYE FILLET STEAK

Nutrition Information Per Serving

Serving size: 478g

Energy kJ (kcal)	2240 (535)
Protein (g)	39.0
Fat (g)	27.5
Saturated (g)	7.0
Carbohydrate (g)	29.5
Sugars (g)	12.4
Sodium (mg)	227
Iron (mg)	6.1
Zinc (mg)	5.2
Vitamin B12 (ug)	1.1
Vitamin D (ug)	N/A
Selenium (ug)	9.7

Always have your frying pan hot before cooking a steak and allow the meat to seal well before turning over to cook the other side.
Cook the meat fat down one side of the sirloin steak first to render down the fat and give you a gorgeous golden crust to your steak.
Add a pinch of sugar to the vinaigrette if too tart. Add 1 clove crushed garlic.
Toss the baby spinach through the pumpkin panzanella while still warm.
Add 1/4 cup pitted olives, 1 tablespoon drained capers and 2-3 chopped anchovy fillets to the pumpkin panzanella for extra flavour.