Beautiful Beef Mezze

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