Simon Gault’s Roast Beef with Chorizo Gravy, Smoked Paprika and Courgette Fritters | Recipes For Foo

Ingredients

• 1 – 1.3 kg beef topside
• ¼ cup olive oil
• 3 tbsp Simon Gault Home Cuisine Italian seasoning (or your favourite mix of dried herbs)
• ½ tbsp cracked pepper
• 1 fennel bulb, cored and thinly sliced
• 2 tbsp fennel seeds
• 200g chorizo, finely diced
• 12 cipolline onions (or pickled onions)
• 1 cup Selaks Reserve Marlborough Dessert Wine
• 2 cups Simon Gault Home Cuisine beef stock
• 2 tsp cornflour
• 2 tbsp water
• 2 tbsp fennel fronds, roughly chopped and reserved
• 400g courgette, grated
• 1 tsp smoked paprika
• ½ cup flour
• 2 eggs, whisked together
• 300g halloumi cheese, diced in to small cubes
• 1 tsp salt
• ½ cup flat leaf parsley, roughly chopped
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 4 tbsp sour cream
• 1 tsp smoked paprika to dust