There are salads you eat because you have to, and then there’s this one. In the middle of summer, when it’s too hot to even think about turning on the oven, I fire up the barbecue just long enough to sear two beef tenderloins and build the rest cold. Cherry tomatoes, avocado, pomegranate, arugula, pumpkin seeds: it’s fresh, it’s crunchy, it’s colourful, and it’s meant to be eaten on the patio with a glass of light red wine. Nobody at the table feels like they’re eating a salad out of obligation.<\/p>\n
Let’s be honest, beef tenderloin is expensive. That’s exactly why I save it for weekends, when I feel like splurging and treating the people around me. It’s the most tender cut of beef, and also the leanest, which means it does not forgive overcooking. Two or three minutes per side on a blazing hot grill, a thermometer to take the guesswork out, and you get a rare, melt-in-your-mouth piece of meat. Sliced thin over a bed of greens, it turns a bowl of salad into a real meal.<\/p>\n
I already have a grilled beef salad that leans more Asian with its creamy dressing, but this one plays in a completely different league. Here everything revolves around lemon: the juice, the zest, whisked together with olive oil, a little honey and a touch of Dijon. It gives you a bright, punchy vinaigrette that lifts the meat instead of burying it. Shavings of pecorino romano bring their salty, sharp edge, the pickled red onions add acidity, and the pomegranate bursts with sweetness throughout. It’s unabashedly Mediterranean.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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