Posh Japanese-inspired beef carpaccio
My good mate Jonathan Ross is a bit obsessed with Japan so I wanted to create a dish for him that would remind him of all those brilliant Asian flavours. Carpaccio is usually served raw, but I'm searing the beef to give it a bit of colour. You'll be able to pick up these ingredients from most good supermarkets but if you can, get yourself down to a specialist Japanese store and pick up a sachet of authentic Japanese spices – use a tablespoon of that instead of the spice mix.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
Counts 12 of 14 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 12 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Beef | 100g cooked | 250 |
| Rice | 1 cup cooked (158g) white | 206 |
| Sesame | 1 tbsp (14g) | 120 |
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Tahini | 1 tbsp (15g) | 89 |
| Sesame Seed | 1 tbsp (9g) | 52 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Wine | 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) | 25 |
| Lime | juice of 1 lime (44ml) | 11 |
| Soy Sauce | 1 tbsp (15ml) | 9 |
| Vinegar | 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled | 3 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Seaweed | not in our table | 0 |
| Poppy Seed | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 250 g quality beef fillet, approximately 12cm in length
- 2 cups sushi rice
- groundnut oil
- aonori ko (dried seaweed), optional
- 1 tablespoon sesame seeds, toasted
- 2 punnets interesting cress
- 2 limes, cut into wedges, to serve
- 1 teaspoon hot chilli powder
- 1 teaspoon sesame seeds, toasted
- 1 pinch poppy seeds
- 1 pinch sea salt
- 3 tablespoons tahini (sesame seed paste)
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar or sushi vinegar
- 1 teaspoon icing sugar
- 1 lime