seared strips of sirloin with lemon, rosemary and garlic

This is such a quick and delicious way to cook a sirloin.  I needed a bit of lunch and a filling for my picnic later.

In the pestle and mortar, mix up a few sprigs of rosemary, a glug of olive oil, Maldon salt, black pepper and some lemon zest and juice.  Mash this up and coat the steak.

Heat a griddle pan – hot.  Quickly cook each side of the sirloin for a bout 2 – 3 minutes per side depending on how thick it is.  Allow it to rest for a few minutes, then cut it into thin slices and put back into the marinade and coat. Add a crushed clove of garlic (I don’t add this earlier as I don’t want the garlic to burn in the first cooking stage).

Turn the griddle pan back on and very quickly toss the saucy strips around – about a minute.  Remove and put back into the bowl with the last little bit of sauce.  Squeeze over some more lemon juice and then eat immediately.

I ate this with a simple salad of red onions, very ripe tomatoes, green pepper and crumbled feta  mixed with a bit of oregano and red wine vinegar.  All of this stuffed into a whole wheat pita. So yumalicious.