This recipe appealed to me but I quickly realised it was neither quick nor cheap. Beef eye fillet cost me $40 for the kilo however it was much cheaper than another store which had it for $55. It takes a while to make as it needs 4 hours to marinate and one hour for cooking and resting time. Regardless, like the author says, it's worth it!
I had it marinating for ~8 hours. It smelt so scrumptious as it was cooking in the oven. We took it out after 45 mins as the recipe states however it seemed quite soft and we weren't sure it was cooked enough. We cut it open and saw it was totally raw inside so decided to put it in for another 15 minutes as a recipe from the taste.com.au website said to cook it for 1 hour for medium doneness. We actually should've just followed the recipe as the resting time would've cooked it just enough. Ours was a little overcooked after the extra 15 mins but still tasted great. Hubby kept on commenting how tender this meat was.
It's a lovely salad, although a little too spicy for me. Perfect for hubby. Not sure how often I would make it though as it's quite expensive. Forgot to include the pepitas and sesame seeds too. Will do it when eating the leftovers.
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