Name: Asian-inspired beef olives
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 120 min
Total time: 140 min
Yield: serving
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients: 12 beef sliced; 60 ml oil; 6 spring onions finely chopped; 350 g pork mince; 50 ml breadcrumbs; 25 ml sherry sweet; 5 ml Chinese five-spice powder; 15 ml soy sauce; 45 ml fresh coriander chopped; 5 ml fresh ginger grated; 1 fresh chillies chopped; 1 eggs lightly beaten; 5 ml lemon zest only; 2 onions medium, halved and thinly sliced; 4 garlic cloves, crushed; 20 ml fresh ginger freshly grated; 500 ml stock chicken; 90 ml brown sugar; 90 ml vinegar white wine; 50 ml tomato paste; 10 ml cornflour; rice or noodles, to serve

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Ingredients (22)

12	beef — sliced
60 ml	oil

FILLING:

6	spring onions — finely chopped
350 g	pork mince
50 ml	breadcrumbs
25 ml	sherry — sweet
5 ml	Chinese five-spice powder
15 ml	soy sauce
45 ml	fresh coriander — chopped
5 ml	fresh ginger — grated
1	fresh chillies — chopped
1	eggs — lightly beaten
5 ml	lemon — zest only

Sauce:

2	onions — medium, halved and thinly sliced
4	garlic — cloves, crushed
20 ml	fresh ginger — freshly grated
500 ml	stock — chicken
90 ml	brown sugar
90 ml	vinegar — white wine
50 ml	tomato paste
10 ml	cornflour
	rice — or noodles, to serve

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Method:

Preheat oven to 160°C.

Place a slice of meat between two layers of wax paper and beat lightly with a mallet to flatten as much as possible. Repeat with remaining meat.

Filling

Mix the ingredients together well. Season with a little salt. Spoon some mixture onto a piece of meat. Roll up and tie closed with string. Repeat with remaining meat and filling.

Heat the sunflower oil in a saucepan and brown the rolls well. Remove from the pan.

Sauce

Using the same pan, reduce the heat and add the onion. Sauté for a minute, then add the garlic and ginger and cook for a further minute. Mix the remaining ingredients together, then add to the saucepan and bring to the boil.

Place the beef olives into a roasting tin and pour the sauce over. Cover with foil (or use an ovenproof casserole dish with a lid) and bake in a preheated oven for 2 hours. Serve with rice or noodles and stir-fried vegetables. Garnish with a handful of fresh coriander.

Serves 4-6.

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