Hola! I am OBSESSED with fresh bread right now. I've basically converted my kitchen into a commercial bakery this week, and the smell of fresh bread baking is such a winner with any hungry visitors that swing by. This week I decided to team my delicious french loaf with an authentic Mexican dish. who says you can't combine two cultures in one meal? My kitchen, my rules!
I decided to whip up a mouthwatering shredded beef. It's always the first thing I'll order when eating out at a mexican joint. I topped it with a simple homemade salsa and diced avocado (didn't have time for guacamole). So my hungry little Amigos lets get cooking.
What you need
SALSA
3 tablespoons of diced onion
3 large ripe tomatoes, deseeded, peeled and diced
1 red chilli deseeded and sliced finely
1 1/2 tablespoons of lime juice
SHREDDED BEEF
1 kg lean beef topside roast- sliced into 3 cm thick pieces
1 greed chilli, deseeded and sliced
1 teaspoon cumin
1 X 400 grams diced tomatoes
Lay beef chunks flat on the base of a casserole dish.
Deseed the chilli by slicing lengthways on one side, scrape seeds out with your thumb. Use a kitchen utensil if you can't avoid touching your eyes immediately after handling the hot chillies. Slice thinly and add to beef.
Sprinkle cumin powder evenly over the beef. (You can add any other spices you like to give you beef a bit of flavour, cinnamon sticks, turmeric and garam masala to name a few).
Pour the canned tomatoes in and add enough water to ensure the beef is fully immersed. Pop it all in a pre-heated oven of 130°C with the lid on the dish.
A quick 6-10 hours later or after a good night sleep, your beef will look like this.
Mash lightly and the beef will just fall apart nicely. Trust me it tastes better than it looks!
Now for the five minute salsa: place diced onions into a strainer and pour over 2 cups of boiling water, this helps to soften the onion and makes it taste just that little bit more pleasant.
Combine all the ingredients into a bowl and add lime juice. Stir. Voilà, your salsa is ready.
Slice any good quality bread into thick pieces.
Believe me, you will want to demolish every last morsel. I certainly did and went to bed with the closest thing I'll ever have to a pregnant belly!
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