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Rare beef salad with avocado and beetroot

<p>This simple, flavour-packed rare beef salad is just the ticket for those long evenings. This salad is easy to make and very satisfying.</p> <p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Serves:</span></strong> Four to six</p> <p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Ingredients:</span></strong></p> <ul> <li>500-600g beef rump or sirloin steak, 2cm thick</li> <li>2 tablespoons olive oil</li> <li>12 pre-cooked baby beetroot</li> <li>2 teaspoons wasabi paste</li> <li>1/4 cup sour cream</li> <li>2 handfuls of rocket (about 100g)</li> <li>2 teaspoons red wine vinegar</li> <li>1 avocado, sliced</li> </ul> <p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Method:</span></strong></p> <ol> <li>Rub the beef with a little oil the oil, season with salt and fry for four minutes on each side. Allow to rest for 5 minutes then slice as thinly as possible on the diagonal.</li> <li>Mix together the wasabi paste and sour cream, adding a couple teaspoons of water so you have a drizzling consistency.</li> <li>Dress the rocket with the vinegar and the remaining oil.</li> <li>Arrange the rocket, beef, avocado and beetroot on a plate and spoon over the wasabi dressing. Serve with boiled baby potatoes.   </li> </ol> <p>Mmm, doesn’t that sound delicious!</p> <p><em>Written by Ginny Grant. First appeared on <a href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/" target="_blank"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Stuff.co.nz</span></strong></a>. Image credit: Jason Dorday / Fairfax NZ</em></p> <p><em><strong>Have you ordered your copy of the Over60 cookbook, </strong></em><strong>The Way Mum Made It</strong><em><strong>, yet? Featuring 178 delicious tried-and-true recipes from you, the Over60 community, and your favourites that have appeared on the Over60 website, <a href="https://shop.abc.net.au/products/way-mum-made-it-pbk" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">head to the abcshop.com.au to order your copy now</span></a>.</strong></em></p>

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