Pepper oven roast with pesto

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8 servings
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beef

By Food24 November 03 2009
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Ingredients (16)

2.00 kg beef — Scotch fillet
30.00 ml butter — melted
15.00 ml lemon juice
100.00 ml black pepper — coarsely ground
7.00 ml salt
pesto
250.00 ml fresh parsley — chopped
2.00 garlic — cloves, crushed
75.00 ml pine nuts — (or walnuts), chopped
25.00 ml oil
40.00 ml water
200.00 ml parmesan cheese — grated
50.00 ml fresh basil — chopped
50.00 ml butter
5.00 ml salt
2.00 ml black pepper — freshly ground
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Method:

Remove the outer layer of fat from the meat. Season with lemon juice, then brush melted butter over.
Spread pepper onto a wooden board and roll meat over it. Use more pepper if meat is not completely covered.
Season with salt and place on the rack of a greased oven pan.
Roast at 160 ºC. For rare: 25 to 20 minutes per 500 g plus 15 minutes. Medium done: 20 to 25 minutes per 500 g plus 20 minutes.
Leave meat to rest in the warming drawer for 10 minutes before carving. Serve hot or cold with pesto sauce or stuffed tomatoes.
PESTO
Place all ingredients in a food processor and mix until smooth.



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