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Beef Carpaccio with Pickles and Mustard Aioli
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Beef Carpaccio with Pickles and Mustard Aioli with homemade mayonnaise and homemade date syrup (silan) – Gluten-free version

Carpaccio without Parmesan or arugula, served bistro-style: small pickles, mustard aioli and a dark soy-balsamic sauce for dipping on the side. Gluten-free version: Gluten-free soy sauce (tamari).

⏱ 2 hr 25 min🍽 4 servings 🌍 Mediterranean👩‍🍳 Afoona🧩 4 parts

👨‍🍳 Method

For the homemade date syrup (silan) ✓ Homemade · or skip – back to store-bought

  1. 1
    Put the dates and water in a pot and bring to a boil.
    StovePot
  2. 2
    Cook over low heat 5 minutes and mash the dates with a wooden spoon.
    Stove
  3. 3
    Line a sieve with thin cloth and set it over a bowl. Pour in the mixture, press the dates with a spoon, gather the edges of the cloth and squeeze well.
    ColanderCheeseclothBowl
  4. 4
    Return the liquid to the pot and reduce over low heat about half an hour, until to a thick syrup.
    StovePot
  5. 5
    Let the date syrup cool.
    Jar

To assemble

  1. 6
    Wrap the meat in plastic wrap and freeze 40–60 minutes, until it firms up a little and is easy to slice.
    Plastic wrapFreezer
  2. 7
    Put the egg, mustard, salt and black pepper in the blender jar and blend about half a minute.
    BlenderorStick blenderorFood processor
  3. 8
    Add the oil in a thin, slow stream, while the blender is running, until a thick emulsion forms.
    Blender
    💡The thin stream is everything: fat that goes in too fast can't bind, and the sauce breaks. For mayonnaise and hollandaise, if this happens, start with a fresh yolk and slowly add the broken sauce to it; if the sauce is too thick, thin it with a teaspoon of water.
  4. 9
    Add the lemon juice and stir. Taste and adjust the seasoning.
  5. 10
    In a small bowl, stir together the mayonnaise, mustard, lemon juice and garlic and chill until serving.
    Bowl
  6. 11
    Mix the gluten-free soy sauce, vinegar, date syrup and olive oil in a small bowl, until the date syrup dissolves.
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  7. 12
    Cut the meat against the grain into paper-thin slices.
    KnifeCutting board
  8. 13
    Arrange the slices close together in a single layer on a sheet of plastic wrap, cover with another sheet and pound gently with the flat side of a meat mallet, until the meat is thin and spread out, without tearing.
    Plastic wrapMeat mallet
  9. 14
    Peel off the top sheet of plastic, flip the meat onto a cold plate and peel off the second sheet.
  10. 15
    Sprinkle the salt and black pepper over the meat and serve with the pickles on the side, tbsp aioli and a small bowl of the dipping sauce.
    Bowl
527calories
20 gprotein
58 gcarbs
25 gfat
● protein 15%● carbs 43%● fat 42%

Per serving, servings (calculated for this version)

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (5)

  • Freezer · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Refrigerator (Takes much longer) · Ice bath (For quick chilling)
  • Cutting board · Also works: Plate (Large plate, dulls the knife)
  • Knife · Also works: Food processor (Fast, less control over size) · Kitchen shears (For herbs/dough)
  • Meat mallet · Also works: Rolling pin (Rolling pin or heavy pot, between plastic sheets)
  • Bowl · Also works: Pot (None)

🧻 Consumables: Plastic wrap

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