Beef Carpaccio with Rocket and Alfalfa Salad

This is a fantastic dinner party first course as you can pretty much prepare everything in advance. It looks really impressive and the flavours are amazing. The truffle oil in the dressing adds an earthy and ‘expensive’ flavour to the salad. It’s fairly easy to get hold of nowadays and I really do recommend using it. However, if you want an alternative, a good extra virgin olive oil or even some avocado oil will be delicious. As for the beef, I prefer to sear it first rather than serving co