Italian-style barbecued beef

Name: Italian-style barbecued beef (Matambre a la pizza)
Cuisine: Argentine
Ingredients: 1–1.3 kg/2¼–3 lb beef flank; about 475 ml/16 fl oz/2 cups tomato sauce; 3 balls mozzarella cheese, thinly sliced; 30 ml/2 tbsp olive oil, for drizzling; 15 ml/1 tbsp dried oregano; 5 ml/1 tsp dried chilli flakes; salt and ground black pepper; salt and ground black pepper

Matambre a la pizza

Preparation info

Serves
4–6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Food and Cooking of Argentina

By Cesar Bartolini

Published 2014

About

Argentinians worship beef and adore pizza, and here is the dish that combines both, with meat, tomato and cheese. The tomato sauce helps to moisten the meat as well as adding flavour, while the mozzarella topping gives a pizza-like appearance.

Ingredients

1–1.3 kg/2¼–3 lb beef flank
about 475 ml/

Europe
Americas
Argentina
Italy
Pizza
Gluten-free

Method

Trim the beef, then ‘butterfly’ by slicing through it lengthwise, almost to the other side, then opening it like a book.
Put the meat between two sheets of oiled clear film (plastic wrap), outer-side facing down and with one of the longer sid