Lemon Rump Steak with Home Made Baked Chips Recipes
Lemon Rump Steak with Home Made Baked Chips
Cooking Time: 30 - 45 mins
Serves: 4 
Ingredients
1 tbsp black peppercorns
4 rump steaks weighing about 175g each
grated zest 1 lemon
2 tbsp sunflower oil
150ml Marsala wine
350g jar Sacla` Whole Cherry Tomato and Basil sauce
large handful chopped fresh flat leaf parsley
FOR THE CHIPS:
6 large floury potatoes such as King Edward or Maris Piper
2 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp coarse sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 200?C/400?F/Gas Mark 6.
The peppercorns need crushing so give them a good bashing in a pestle and mortar until they're coarse, or you could just place them on a chopping board and press down with a heavy-duty pan until they are flattened. It's less elegant but does the job.
Now rub them into the steak with the lemon zest and one tablespoon of the oil. The next job is to get on with our easy chips.
Scrub the potatoes and cut them into large fat chips. Dry well and place them in a generous roasting tin. Drizzle over the olive oil and sprinkle them with plenty of sea salt and ground black pepper.
Bake for 25 minutes, shaking the tin and tossing the chips once or twice during cooking.
To cook the steaks, heat the remaining oil in a frying pan and add them two at a time so as not to overcrowd the pan; 3 really could be a crowd. Cook for about 3 to 4 minutes on each side, remove from the pan and leave them to rest for about 5 minutes.
Pour the Marsala wine into the pan and on a high heat scrape any meat juices off the bottom swirling the wine around the pan. This is best done with gusto.
Tip in the Sacla' Whole Cherry Tomato and Basil sauce and simmer gently for a few minutes until it's heated through.
Last but not least, stir in the flat-leaf parsley and serve as a sauce with the steaks and home-baked chips. You'll never think of steak and chips in the same way again.
*HINT: Wherever possible buy unwaxed lemons for dishes where you're using the grated rind. Most lemons are coated with a wax to make them shiny, but it can spoil the citrusy flavour.
