- 2 top rump minute steaks
- A handful of wild garlic
- 1 garlic clove
- 1 lemon
- 400g tin of butter beans
- 400g Jersey Royal potatoes
- 2 aubergines
- 2 tsp cumin seeds
- Sea salt
- Freshly ground pepper
- 2 tsp olive oil
- 2 tbsp cold water
- 1.
Put a large pan of salted water to boil. Lay the steaks on a plate or board. Season well on both sides with salt and pepper. Drizzle ½ tsp olive oil over each steak. Rub all over. Set aside.
- 2.
Roughly chop the wild garlic. Add to your food processor. Peel the garlic and add that too. Finely grate the lemon zest into a separate bowl, then squeeze the juice from 1 half into the processor. Add a good pinch of salt, 1 tsp olive oil, 2 tbsp cold water. Blend till smooth. Taste and add more lemon, water or salt as needed. This is your pistou. Set aside. No processor? See our tip below.
- 3.
Drain and rinse the butter beans. Scrub the potatoes and chop them into bite-size chunks. Trim the tops off the aubergines. Slice the flesh into 1cm-thick rounds.
- 4.
The water should be boiling by now. Add the potatoes to the pan of boiling water and simmer for 15 mins till the potatoes are tender when pressed with a fork.
- 5.
While the potatoes cook, set a large frying pan over a high heat. Dust the aubergines with a generous sprinkle of salt and pepper. Cook, in a single layer, in the frying pan (no oil needed) till lightly charred on each side, about 5 mins per side. You may need to do this in batches. Pop the aubergines in the bowl with the lemon zest.
- 6.
Tip the butter beans into the hot frying pan and add 2 tsp cumin seeds. Cook for 5 mins. Add to the aubergines and stir to mix.
- 7.
Put the frying pan back over a high heat. Add the steaks. Cook for 30 secs-1 min on each side, or a little longer for more well-done steaks. Pop on a warm plate, loosely cover with foil and leave to rest for 2 mins. The potatoes should be ready to drain by now.
- 8.
Serve the steaks with the pistou drizzled on top, a mound of cumin-spiced aubergines and beans alongside, and the tender potatoes on the side.
- Tip
How to be a whizz
No food processor to make your pistou in? Not a problem. Chop the wild garlic as finely as you can and pop it in a bowl. Peel and crush or grate the garlic. Add it with the juice of half a lemon, 2 tsp olive oil, 2 tbsp cold water and a pinch of salt. Stir to mix. Ta-dah!