Roast beef & watercress salad greens

Roast beef & watercress salad greens

Here is a tender and flavourful Roast beef & watercress salad greens recipe to brighten up your next lunchbox.

PREP TIME 20 minutes | TOTAL TIME 30 minutes | SERVES 4

INGREDIENTS

• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 600 g beef eye-fillet
• 1 Lebanese cucumber, peeled into ribbons
• 125 g truss cherry tomatoes, halved
• 125 g baby Roma tomatoes, halved
• 100 g watercress
• 1 small red onion, thinly sliced 

HORSERADISH BUTTERMILK DRESSING

• ½ cup buttermilk
• ⅓ cup mayonnaise
• 1 tbsp horseradish
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1 tsp freshly ground black pepper

METHOD

PREHEAT the oven to 200°C.

HEAT oil in a flameproof baking dish over medium-high heat. Cook beef until browned all over.

ROAST in the oven, uncovered, for 15 minutes or until cooked as desired. Remove from oven; rest, covered, for 5 minutes before slicing thinly.

COMBINE beef in a bowl with cucumber, tomatoes, watercress and onion; toss gently to combine. Serve salad with dressing.

HORSERADISH BUTTERMILK DRESSING

COMBINE buttermilk, mayonnaise, horseradish and garlic together in a bowl and mix until well combined. Season with salt and sprinkle with pepper.

Print Recipe

Roast beef & watercress salad greens

Serves: 4

Prep Time: 20 minutes – Cooking Time: 10 minutes – Total Time: 30 minutes

Ingredients

• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 600 g beef eye-fillet
• 1 Lebanese cucumber, peeled into ribbons
• 125 g truss cherry tomatoes, halved
• 125 g baby Roma tomatoes, halved
• 100 g watercress
• 1 small red onion, thinly sliced 
• HORSERADISH BUTTERMILK DRESSING
• ½ cup buttermilk
• ⅓ cup mayonnaise
• 1 tbsp horseradish
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1 tsp freshly ground black pepper

Instructions

1

Preheat the oven to 200°C.

2

Heat oil in a flameproof baking dish over medium-high heat. Cook beef until browned all over.  

3

Roast in the oven, uncovered, for 15 minutes or until cooked as desired. Remove from oven; rest, covered, for 5 minutes before slicing thinly.

4

Combine beef in a bowl with cucumber, tomatoes, watercress and onion; toss gently to combine. Serve salad with dressing.

For the horseradish buttermilk dressing

5

Combine buttermilk, mayonnaise, horseradish and garlic together in a bowl and mix until well combined. Season with salt and sprinkle with pepper.

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Jezza-Rae Larsen

A food stylist and recipe developer, contributing to Food & Home and other esteemed magazines under Habari Media. I love for creating mouthwatering recipes, I bring culinary visions to life through my work.