Recipe River Plate's Chivito Sandwich

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Recipe: River Plate's Chivito Sandwich

River Plate, The Calls’ Argentinean steakhouse is well established in Leeds, known for the quality of its steaks and its great riverside location. Head chef Richard Johnstone has recently started working at the restaurant and has taken pride in the butchery and preparation of the meat, training all the chefs on "the size, shape, maturity and how aged it is, so every customer gets exactly the same quality every time". Here he shares with us a recipe for an Argentinean sandwich – the chivito. "This sandwich has everything," he says. "Chorizo, a fried egg which just oozes over the meat, which is amazing. The ciabatta is our own, specially made in Ilkley. It’s very fresh, very filling, just perfect for a lunchtime. This is like a demon in disguise. It looks like it’ll just fill you up for lunch, but by the time you’ve finished in you’re done for dinner – you don’t need anything else!"

INGREDIENTS

Serves 1

1 ciabatta bread roll

150g prime sirloin steak (21 day aged recommended)

Small mixed leaf salad with red onion and tomato

½ roasted red pepper

1 slice thin chorizo sausage

1 slice thin salami Milano

1 tsp garlic mayonnaise

Drizzle olive oil

100ml sunflower oil

1 egg

Seasoning to taste

METHOD

Slice open your ciabatta and lightly grill the soft centres until golden brown. Put to one side until needed.

Grill you steak with seasoning and olive oil until it’s cooked to your liking, then score the chorizo and salami Milano. Rest the steak for five minutes before slicing.

Fry the egg in the sunflower oil until soft, then lay it over the steak.

Now assemble the ciabatta. Firstly, spread the garlic mayonnaise over the inner of the base of the ciabatta and top with the salad. Over this lat the slices of steak and egg. Top the egg with the chorizo and salami Milano. Top with the half roasted red pepper and close the sandwich with the top of the ciabatta.

Serve with fries and a small salad garnish.

Posted on Wednesday 15th June 2011

River Plate

36-38 The Calls, Leeds, LS2 7EW

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