Name: Beautiful Beef Mezze
Prep time: 40 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 2 large handfuls of parsley leaves; 1½ limes; sea salt and freshly ground black pepper; 1 lemon; 200 g/7 oz baby spinach; 2 large tomatoes; 2 large handfuls of coriander leaves; 2 tbsp olive oil; 225 g/8 oz/scant 1 cup Greek yogurt; 600 g/1lb 5 oz beef fillet; 2 garlic cloves; 2 red onions; 4 flatbreads; 4 garlic cloves; 30 g/1 oz/scant ¼ cup pine nuts; 2 tsp paprika; 2 tsp ground cumin; 1 tsp ground coriander

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
40 min

Appears in

Mighty Spice Express Cookbook

By John Gregory-Smith

Published 2013

About

I always enjoy a mezze – a table laden with wonderful home-made food to pass around to great friends and family, while the conversation and wine flow. I couldn’t resist including a super-fast version in this book, and this beef mezze, inspired by the Eastern Mediterranean, has it all – spice-encrusted roast beef, a spinach raita, a crunchy salad and warm flatbreads.

Before roasting, the beef is smothered in a paste of spices, lemon and garlic, which penetrate the meat while i