Spicy Roast Beef and Hummus in Pita Bread

Name: Spicy Roast Beef and Hummus in Pita Bread
Yield: Serves 2
Ingredients: 1 handful salad leaves; 2 tablespoons cottage cheese; ¼ red capsicum, thinly sliced; 1 tablespoon chilli sauce; mustard cress to garnish; 3 tablespoons hummus; 1 tablespoon tahini; 1 tablespoon mayonnaise; 150 g (5 oz) roast beef, thinly sliced and cut into strips; 2 pita breads

Preparation info

Serves
2

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

A World in My Kitchen

By Peter Gordon

Published 2003

About

The first ‘meal’ I made in home economics at Wanganui High School was an open sandwich — hardly inspiring but here I am 27 years later giving a recipe for a sandwich. Pita breads are a great lunch staple because you can fill and wrap them easily.

Ingredients

3 tablespoons hummus
1 tablespoon tahini
1 tablespoon

Starter

Method

In a small bowl, mix the hummus, tahini and mayonnaise, then mix in the beef. Halve pita breads or cut a slit 1 cm (½ in) from the top. Gently prise them open and push in some salad leaves. Spoon half the